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2011.02.08 12:36 kyonko BL is love, BL is life
Boys' Love (BL) is by origin a genre of Japanese manga produced mainly by women for women that features romantic and sexual relationships between men. Nowadays, all manner of art, comics, anime, novels, games, and dramas from many different countries operate under the BL genre heading. All of the above can be discussed here.
2015.02.22 00:05 DrDreamtime Fenn Treasure
The Title Is Mine.
2024.05.18 21:52 Jaded-Mycologist-831 Anyways here’s poems + History Boys
Tissue
Polysemous title- Tissue • Tissue- paper + skin (human life is fragile [criticises arrogance, encourages us to protect]) • Also paper (not alive) + skin (alive)- criticises monotony of life, not really living • Tissue paper- found in bibles and holy texts, but fragile (overinflated importance of identity causing wars and discrimination, really it’s very fragile and identity isn’t real, we’re all just people (tissue as in skin)) • Tissue- used to wipe away tears, togetherness can reduce suffering • Tissue- medical term for deep skin- poem shows deeper nature of humans and our potential for goodness, can be wounded and damaged by outside influences but can always heal
"Paper that lets the light shine through, this is what could alter things" - reference to religious texts paper, light as Jesus and Allah (power of religion) - or coexistence with nature (Dharker is a Muslim Calvinist)
Enjambment- freedom, lack of control of humans, rejecting constraints
Free verse- same thing
"Let the daylight break through capitals and monoliths" - power of nature, criticism of authority, weakness of humans- “break” violent personification, destroying authority, daylight + break = sunrise + hope
"The sun shines through their borderlines" - nature overcomes human segregation identity, criticism of war, power of nature) sibilance shows power, “their” still shows separation, criticise that
"fly our lives like paper kites" - childish metaphor, mocking control of money over life (criticism of authority)
"the back of the Koran" - “the” repetition shows importance, “back” shows it is hidden/shunned by society, still holding onto identity
"Transparent" - repetition, criticism of dishonesty of authority
Exposure
"Merciless iced east winds that knive us" - personification of wind shanking people (first line not about war but nature- more significant) (power of nature)- subtle sibilance (just as dangerous as bullets but most people don’t realise)- Germans were in the east, but the only thing from there is wind
ABBAC rhyme, structure is built only to be taken down (tension of soldiers expecting fight but let down)
Pararhyme- unsatisfying for reader, reflects how the soldiers are always nervous but never get to chill
“What are we doing here?” Rhetorical question to criticise authority, or actual question to show PTSD confusion, can be asking what they are DOING or why they are HERE
"For love of God seems dying" ok 1. The soldier's love of God is dying 2. God's love for the soldiers is dying 3. To show love of God, you should die
"forgotten dreams" - juxtaposition, loss of hope, forgotten dreams on purpose to be less sad? war made them forget? “forgotten” disassociated from PTSD, “dreams” as happiness from the past that seems unreal
“a dull rumour of some other war" reference to the Bible and Armageddon, metaphorical end of the world for the soldiers be suffering "sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence" - sibilance represents sound of bullets, jolting reader out of relative lack of noises, feel like soldiers
Epistrophe "but nothing happens" cyclical structure, stuck in suffering
“we” “us” “our” collective pronouns, shared experience, comradeship, loss of identity, relatable to all soldiers
Kamikaze
Title- single word, only military rank- only seen as a kamikaze pilot by others
Structure- 6 lines per stanza but free verse and lots of enjambment- conflict between control and freedom (military/social expectations/duty vs love for family/nature/memories/life)
Constant shifts between first person and third person- disconnect from family due to shame
“Her father embarked at sunrise” -sunrise as power of nature + Japan’s military flag- conflict
“a shaven head full of powerful incantations” -incantations are deliberately vague- orders from military? prayers? inner conscience against it? It’s “powerful” tho and influences him, and it’s “full” showing his distress, shaved head like most kamikaze pilots
“green-blue translucent sea” beautiful imagery, “translucent” shows how things are unclear but getting clearer- nature helps him decide what to do
Describes fishes “like a huge flag”- patriotic semantic field shows brainwashing, but reduces as the poem goes on, simile shows how he is starting to disconnect and change his mind,
also as “a figure of eight”- shows thoughts of pride and prosperity-
“The dark shoals of fishes/flashing silver as their bellies/swivelled towards the sun” - • sibilance shows ocean noises and beauty, “dark” -> “flashing silver” things get brighter and easier to see- knows what to do thanks to nature • “Silver”- medals he would have gotten for being a kamikaze pilot, but true reward is in nature • “Sun”- represents beauty of nature and also Japanese flag- conflict but now there’s also nature in the mix • Belly up- death on his mind
“bringing their father’s home safe/-yes, grandfather’s boat- safe” repetition of “safe” shows reason to come back- wants to return to family, memories
“a tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous.” • first mention of danger = power in the whole poem, danger to the mission as it causes the pilot to have doubts, true power is in nature and memory • First full stop in the poem and lots of commas- makes us stop and think like the pilot about what he’s abt to do
“laughed” “loved” at the end of the poem- all in past tense- nothing left for the soldier
“we too learned to be silent”- “learned” should be positive but contrasts with what they learnt- criticises how they were taught shame by the older generations- but it’s said in first person, the daughter is criticising this and teaching her children not to think that way
Poppies
Title- honours and grieves dead soldiers, short single word title shows full intent of the poem and how the mother’s life is consumed by grief
Dramatic monologue- emphasis on the domestic impact and how the soldier isn’t present in the poem
Free verse, enjambment- chaotic, lack of control over the son, distressed
Domestic + military semantic fields- life has been ruined by war
“Spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade of yellow bias”- mix between war + domestic • “spasms” and “red” is injury and pain- mother is worried or is hurt by letting go (spasms is involuntary muscle action- involuntary letting go), • “paper” is the fragility of the son • “blockade” is military language showing her worry abt the conflict, how she wants to “block” her son from going into the military • “disrupting” the fabric - the son becoming a soldier disrupts the peace or she is trying to disrupt him from going to war
“The dove pulled freely against the sky, / an ornamental stitch”- dove represents peace and grief- she and her son is at peace with death, “pulled freely” is an oxymoron- inner conflict with grief or letting her son go, the comma shows a pause to reflect on the grief, the “ornamental stitch” metaphor for the mother (pretends to hold it together)
“I was brave”- takes down ideas of just the soldier’s bravery but also the mother’s, but past tense shows current weakness from grief
“Sellotape bandaged around my hand” • Bandage shows wounds • Sticks them together one last time- cat hairs are removed, no more reason to stay • Claustrophobic feeling- stuck in the domestic role, can’t go and protect the son
“Blackthorns of your hair”- religious connotations of Jesus on the cross, sacrificed for the country- metaphor for the son
History Boys
"Enemy of education" war metaphor and alliteration, opposition between true understanding of literature and grades only used shallowly “Cheat’s Visa”
"a fact of life" indisputable and unchangable, in opposition with Irwin's views on history (truth does not matter to him until now?)
Drummer Hodge: Intertextuality, Tom Hardy (the poet) represents Hector, sympathising with the ordeal of the youth, Drummer Hodge represents the Boys, thrown into the chaos of life without proper guidance
"She's my western front" war metaphor objectifies Fiona, personal pronoun further expresses how women were seen as objects to be owned
“... all the other shrunken violets you people line up" [you people] segregates gay people, [shrunken violets] derogatory language
"Some of the literature says it will pass" looking to literature for solace and comfort during a sexuality crisis
"All literature is consolation" Dakin changes his mind on literature symbolising him changing to Irwin's side. No need to look for solace in literature when he can pursue Irwin
Parallels with "all knowledge is precious" from Hector - A.E. Housman, one of the first intertextualities and used in the intro to establish his character
“cunt-struck” “a cunt”- Mrs Lintott repeats the colloquialism “cunt” twice, to describe Dakin as “cunt-struck” and Headmaster as “a cunt”. This is the hardest swear in the play and is used show that it wasn’t a slip of the tongue, and to break down stereotypes of women being gentle and passive
“history is women following behind with the bucket” - her big scene about women in history at the end of the play (which is typical for Alan Benett’s plays such as “Kafka’s Dick”) so it would be recent and stay in the audience’s mind when the show ended
Irwin intro as politician in the future "etc., etc." while talking abt freedom- that man gives no fucks about freedom really, just waffling on (first impression for the audience too!!)
Parallel with Holocaust debate- Lockwood uses the SAME EXACT PHRASE while talking abt how the holocaust was bad, (dismissiveness of mass genocide? in this education system? it’s more likely than you think) then goes on to argue that they should be unique with their arguments- Irwin passed on thr mindset even on such an important subject
Hector is set up to be looking cool and all (motorcycle scene dramaticness, greek name connotations, fav teacher) but is absolutely uncool when we get to know him- purposeful? "studied eccentricity" and all. clinging onto youth?
Posner is actually rather helpful as the "dictionary person" bc i doubt the audiences know what "otiose" means
SCRIPPS IS THE MOST RELIGIOUS ONE AND CLOSEST TO POSNER it can dismantle the idea that religion is against queerness
Irwin didnt know how nietzche was pronounced bc from what we know of him he would call Dakin out on that
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Polysemous title- Tissue • Tissue- paper + skin (human life is fragile [criticises arrogance, encourages us to protect]) • Also paper (not alive) + skin (alive)- criticises monotony of life, not really living • Tissue paper- found in bibles and holy texts, but fragile (overinflated importance of identity causing wars and discrimination, really it’s very fragile and identity isn’t real, we’re all just people (tissue as in skin)) • Tissue- used to wipe away tears, togetherness can reduce suffering • Tissue- medical term for deep skin- poem shows deeper nature of humans and our potential for goodness, can be wounded and damaged by outside influences but can always heal
"Paper that lets the light shine through, this is what could alter things" - reference to religious texts paper, light as Jesus and Allah (power of religion) - or coexistence with nature (Dharker is a Muslim Calvinist)
Enjambment- freedom, lack of control of humans, rejecting constraints
Free verse- same thing
"Let the daylight break through capitals and monoliths" - power of nature, criticism of authority, weakness of humans- “break” violent personification, destroying authority, daylight + break = sunrise + hope
"The sun shines through their borderlines" - nature overcomes human segregation identity, criticism of war, power of nature) sibilance shows power, “their” still shows separation, criticise that
"fly our lives like paper kites" - childish metaphor, mocking control of money over life (criticism of authority)
"the back of the Koran" - “the” repetition shows importance, “back” shows it is hidden/shunned by society, still holding onto identity
"Transparent" - repetition, criticism of dishonesty of authority
Exposure
"Merciless iced east winds that knive us" - personification of wind shanking people (first line not about war but nature- more significant) (power of nature)- subtle sibilance (just as dangerous as bullets but most people don’t realise)- Germans were in the east, but the only thing from there is wind
ABBAC rhyme, structure is built only to be taken down (tension of soldiers expecting fight but let down)
Pararhyme- unsatisfying for reader, reflects how the soldiers are always nervous but never get to chill
“What are we doing here?” Rhetorical question to criticise authority, or actual question to show PTSD confusion, can be asking what they are DOING or why they are HERE
"For love of God seems dying" ok 1. The soldier's love of God is dying 2. God's love for the soldiers is dying 3. To show love of God, you should die
"forgotten dreams" - juxtaposition, loss of hope, forgotten dreams on purpose to be less sad? war made them forget? “forgotten” disassociated from PTSD, “dreams” as happiness from the past that seems unreal
“a dull rumour of some other war" reference to the Bible and Armageddon, metaphorical end of the world for the soldiers be suffering "sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence" - sibilance represents sound of bullets, jolting reader out of relative lack of noises, feel like soldiers
Epistrophe "but nothing happens" cyclical structure, stuck in suffering
“we” “us” “our” collective pronouns, shared experience, comradeship, loss of identity, relatable to all soldiers
Kamikaze
Title- single word, only military rank- only seen as a kamikaze pilot by others
Structure- 6 lines per stanza but free verse and lots of enjambment- conflict between control and freedom (military/social expectations/duty vs love for family/nature/memories/life)
Constant shifts between first person and third person- disconnect from family due to shame
“Her father embarked at sunrise” -sunrise as power of nature + Japan’s military flag- conflict
“a shaven head full of powerful incantations” -incantations are deliberately vague- orders from military? prayers? inner conscience against it? It’s “powerful” tho and influences him, and it’s “full” showing his distress, shaved head like most kamikaze pilots
“green-blue translucent sea” beautiful imagery, “translucent” shows how things are unclear but getting clearer- nature helps him decide what to do
Describes fishes “like a huge flag”- patriotic semantic field shows brainwashing, but reduces as the poem goes on, simile shows how he is starting to disconnect and change his mind,
also as “a figure of eight”- shows thoughts of pride and prosperity-
“The dark shoals of fishes/flashing silver as their bellies/swivelled towards the sun” - • sibilance shows ocean noises and beauty, “dark” -> “flashing silver” things get brighter and easier to see- knows what to do thanks to nature • “Silver”- medals he would have gotten for being a kamikaze pilot, but true reward is in nature • “Sun”- represents beauty of nature and also Japanese flag- conflict but now there’s also nature in the mix • Belly up- death on his mind
“bringing their father’s home safe/-yes, grandfather’s boat- safe” repetition of “safe” shows reason to come back- wants to return to family, memories
“a tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous.” • first mention of danger = power in the whole poem, danger to the mission as it causes the pilot to have doubts, true power is in nature and memory • First full stop in the poem and lots of commas- makes us stop and think like the pilot about what he’s abt to do
“laughed” “loved” at the end of the poem- all in past tense- nothing left for the soldier
“we too learned to be silent”- “learned” should be positive but contrasts with what they learnt- criticises how they were taught shame by the older generations- but it’s said in first person, the daughter is criticising this and teaching her children not to think that way
Poppies
Title- honours and grieves dead soldiers, short single word title shows full intent of the poem and how the mother’s life is consumed by grief
Dramatic monologue- emphasis on the domestic impact and how the soldier isn’t present in the poem
Free verse, enjambment- chaotic, lack of control over the son, distressed
Domestic + military semantic fields- life has been ruined by war
“Spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade of yellow bias”- mix between war + domestic • “spasms” and “red” is injury and pain- mother is worried or is hurt by letting go (spasms is involuntary muscle action- involuntary letting go), • “paper” is the fragility of the son • “blockade” is military language showing her worry abt the conflict, how she wants to “block” her son from going into the military • “disrupting” the fabric - the son becoming a soldier disrupts the peace or she is trying to disrupt him from going to war
“The dove pulled freely against the sky, / an ornamental stitch”- dove represents peace and grief- she and her son is at peace with death, “pulled freely” is an oxymoron- inner conflict with grief or letting her son go, the comma shows a pause to reflect on the grief, the “ornamental stitch” metaphor for the mother (pretends to hold it together)
“I was brave”- takes down ideas of just the soldier’s bravery but also the mother’s, but past tense shows current weakness from grief
“Sellotape bandaged around my hand” • Bandage shows wounds • Sticks them together one last time- cat hairs are removed, no more reason to stay • Claustrophobic feeling- stuck in the domestic role, can’t go and protect the son
“Blackthorns of your hair”- religious connotations of Jesus on the cross, sacrificed for the country- metaphor for the son
History Boys
"Enemy of education" war metaphor and alliteration, opposition between true understanding of literature and grades only used shallowly “Cheat’s Visa”
"a fact of life" indisputable and unchangable, in opposition with Irwin's views on history (truth does not matter to him until now?)
Drummer Hodge: Intertextuality, Tom Hardy (the poet) represents Hector, sympathising with the ordeal of the youth, Drummer Hodge represents the Boys, thrown into the chaos of life without proper guidance
"She's my western front" war metaphor objectifies Fiona, personal pronoun further expresses how women were seen as objects to be owned
“... all the other shrunken violets you people line up" [you people] segregates gay people, [shrunken violets] derogatory language
"Some of the literature says it will pass" looking to literature for solace and comfort during a sexuality crisis
"All literature is consolation" Dakin changes his mind on literature symbolising him changing to Irwin's side. No need to look for solace in literature when he can pursue Irwin
Parallels with "all knowledge is precious" from Hector - A.E. Housman, one of the first intertextualities and used in the intro to establish his character
“cunt-struck” “a cunt”- Mrs Lintott repeats the colloquialism “cunt” twice, to describe Dakin as “cunt-struck” and Headmaster as “a cunt”. This is the hardest swear in the play and is used show that it wasn’t a slip of the tongue, and to break down stereotypes of women being gentle and passive
“history is women following behind with the bucket” - her big scene about women in history at the end of the play (which is typical for Alan Benett’s plays such as “Kafka’s Dick”) so it would be recent and stay in the audience’s mind when the show ended
Irwin intro as politician in the future "etc., etc." while talking abt freedom- that man gives no fucks about freedom really, just waffling on (first impression for the audience too!!)
Parallel with Holocaust debate- Lockwood uses the SAME EXACT PHRASE while talking abt how the holocaust was bad, (dismissiveness of mass genocide? in this education system? it’s more likely than you think) then goes on to argue that they should be unique with their arguments- Irwin passed on thr mindset even on such an important subject
Hector is set up to be looking cool and all (motorcycle scene dramaticness, greek name connotations, fav teacher) but is absolutely uncool when we get to know him- purposeful? "studied eccentricity" and all. clinging onto youth?
Posner is actually rather helpful as the "dictionary person" bc i doubt the audiences know what "otiose" means
SCRIPPS IS THE MOST RELIGIOUS ONE AND CLOSEST TO POSNER it can dismantle the idea that religion is against queerness
Irwin didnt know how nietzche was pronounced bc from what we know of him he would call Dakin out on that
2024.05.18 21:44 Crazy_Little_Bug Short Piano Piece I Made; Feedback is Appreciated!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1COJ1t5iPZmSG6Du1EA1e0F9FLYItzhCx?usp=sharing
I decided to try using some impressionist ideas in this piece I made, and it was especially inspired by Ernest Bloch's Poems of the Sea. I'm not a piano player and still new to composing so feedback is welcome!
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I decided to try using some impressionist ideas in this piece I made, and it was especially inspired by Ernest Bloch's Poems of the Sea. I'm not a piano player and still new to composing so feedback is welcome!
2024.05.18 20:48 _N-i-X_ I need HELP with typing...
So I've been into these systems for three years now, but I've recently come to doubt my whole typology. I'm not going to say what I've been typed as before though, because I'd like to avoid bias.
It'd be cool if you tried to type me in other systems as well, such as Enneagram, Socionics, Psychosophy/Attitudinal Psyche, Big 5, Temperaments, Jungian...
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It'd be cool if you tried to type me in other systems as well, such as Enneagram, Socionics, Psychosophy/Attitudinal Psyche, Big 5, Temperaments, Jungian...
- I'm a very closed off person who needs a lot of time to recharge since people wear me out, but I've been told I come across as a highly energetic, hardworking and overall as an inspiring and determined person. For instance, I always strive for the best, even if that means sacrificing my comfort (like going to one of the best universities in my country even if it's like over 100 km from home and I have to wake up at 5 AM everyday), and I'm always passionate about pursuing something to improve myself, because I'd hate to feel like I'm wasting time lazing around.
- People see me as someone responsible to rely on, they have told me I'm a good listener and understand them well, I give honest advice while also taking into consideration their feelings and reactions (I don't want to come across as offensive and insensitive), and in general I like giving a good impression. I mean, I can't stand fake people, but I still feel it's important to portray yourself in a good light. I think you must treat others the same way you'd like to be treated, that is, with respect (but, of course, if they cross me, I'll act spiteful towards them, since that's what they deserve).
- Despite trying to be reasonable at all times and doing my best not to come across as overly emotional, I'm very anxious and tend to catastrophize, so while it's not usual, when it happens, my outbursts are strong. Then, I feel like trash after it all happens, since I perceive it as me having made a fool of myself. My feelings tend to escalate quickly, and sometimes due to something that it's not THAT important, so it's helpful to have someone slow me down and help me see the big picture. I can also be too straightforward as well, to the point that I sometimes end up being reckless. For example, there has been multiple times where I suddenly felt the urge to insult someone because they did something that offended me; in those cases I fortunately had a friend to shut me up and distract me from it because they know I might not be able to wait until they're out of sight to complain about them.
- While at a distance I might seem intimidating and stern, people close to me see me as innerly soft, sensitive and pretty much a romantic prone to sentimentality. I've always had a hard time with processing emotions, because since I was a kid I've been taught "emotions are for the weak", so I tried to repress them. It wasn't until I discovered my passion for poetry that I finally learned to come into contact with them and understand them without shame. Currently, I feel like I have an easier time expressing myself and I'm not as repelled of my own feelings like I was in the past... Many people have actually told me, to my surprise, that my face is amusingly expressive, like I'm transparent even if I try my best to hide myself from the world. That said, I communicate my feelings through poems, so while I'd like the other person to take the initiative in this regard, I'll try to reciprocate it my way.
- However, I can also be quite passive and insecure when I feel oppressed and vulnerable in my environment (I feel like the whole world is against me in such circumstances), so I tend to walk on eggshells most of the time just in case. I'd say I'm mostly awkward, and I never know how to interact with my surroundings properly. If I've done it well, it's likely that I've just been lucky. This has led me to be isolated most of my life, and despite the fact that I currently have some connections with people, I feel like it's still not enough. I'm very private, secretive, and harbour trust issues; but I also crave intense connection with people I've taken a liking to (after a long time assessing if they're trustful enough for me to grow attached to them, since I place a lot of value on loyalty and suffer a lot when those close to me suddenly disappear from my life). I'm really compassionate with others, so some people have taken advantage of my kindness to then stab me in the back when I least expected it, which has made me become outwardly distant and unapproachable through the years (when the truth is that I'm just terrified of people). I've always had this impulse to help and protect those in need when they couldn't stand up for themselves, so it's curious how much compassion I could feel for others when I couldn't feel it for myself. Anyway, I still hold those around me to high standards, which I apply to myself as well.
- On the other hand, I place a lot of value to my appearance too. Like poetry, my own style is a way to express who I am as a person, and I can't understand nor find myself attracted to people who don't care at all regarding this part of themselves... It's as if they're neglecting one of the most important ways to make themselves appealing to both themselves and others. For me, it's also a way to feel better about myself, since the attractiveness and health of the body is just as important as that of the mind.
- Now, I suck at everything related to numbers or economics. They're so boring and uninteresting to me that my brain shuts down when something related to it comes up (I already suffer enough in law school whenever I'm forced to do subjects involving financial law or the like). I've always been more drawn to humanitarian subjects like languages, literature...
- I'm highly impatient (I get easily frustrated when something doesn't go my way like "it's supposed to", and I can grow envious and resentful towards someone that did it better than me), irritable (I'm peaceful until something or someone crosses me), and pessimistic (if something remotely bad happens, then that means it's all doomed to fail). I can be intolerant as well, easily despising someone others might be indifferent to, and I've been told to be impulsive too when I fail to guard myself from what makes me react aggressively either to others or myself. In addition, I cannot deal with people that are too aloof to descifer, like it's obvious they're keeping something from me, but they will lie and tell me "it's okay" while it's obvious that it's not, and their facial expressions are so dull that I won't even be able to extract the minimum out of them. In such circumstances I might flare up to try to get them out of their shell in order to know whatever they're hiding away from me; but that typically ends up driving them away from me further (which pisses me off to no end). I like straightforward people who are not cowards and will make things clear from the beginning, even if it hurts.
- Regarding my mannerisms, they're mostly stiff, instead of smooth or soft. As I said, I come across as energetic even if I slept 4 hours that day, I walk and talk VERY quickly (people who speak and move slowly get on my nerves), and I can be very expressive and loud if I'm feeling comfortable enough with the person I'm with (I can even look extroverted next to my quieter friends). I also don't have any shame at all when it comes to myself; I can talk about anything weird or rant about my nerdy interests and creepy fixations to the point of becoming obnoxious without giving a damn about the reaction of the other person. I may even enjoy making the other person embarrassed and teasing them, since it's hilarious. Fortunately, I'm good at eliciting interest in others, so oftentimes I can drag them into the abyss of my obsessions and teach them all about it.
- Aside from poetry, my other interests are varied. For instance, I also love reading old books, writing stories, creating original characters and researching whichever area of interest I'm into at the moment. I like to maintain an active lifestyle too. In the future, I strive to become financially successful (that's why I'm in a career that is going to bring me a lot of opportunities), independent, and travel and learn as much as I can to improve both myself and my talents. I'm overall a very individualistic person, but I'd like to meet more people who align with my values as well; without at least someone by my side with whom I can share myself I become depressed.
2024.05.18 20:20 nishhhhh218 CRITIQUE AND REVIEW OF "St. Patty's Day" BY PEMO
Not too long ago I discovered this amazing poet called pemo, now i finally have the opportunity to review and critique one of their poems. Being a fellow poet myself i love to learn about new stuff through other poems and i certainly did learn about an entirely new festival with this one, as a non-christian from India I had little to no idea about this festival known as “ Saint Patrick’s Day”.
Pemo starts this piece with a classic line “roses are red”.Throughout history this line has led to either a romantic, joyful or peaceful verselet. On the contrary this line proves to be misleading when we read the rest of the poetry. It is truly genius how Pemo has used this line to lead to something melancholic.
The second line not only replaces “violets are blue” perfectly, but also clearly signifies the early tradition of dying the Chicago river green on this festival. Pemo has written this monologue from their own perspective but we all seem to relate to it as we read further.
The speaker is in despair despite of millions of people celebrating a festival tributing achievements of a great person which hits a soft corner in the reader's heart as somewhere deep we all know that no amount of forced celebration can bring a person even close to the same euphoria as a loved one who knows us inside out and loves us unconditionally. This contrast emphasises the theme of loneliness or longing amidst public joy. The speaker reminisces about someone special who made them feel seen and appreciated.On St. Patrick's Day, the speaker feels an underlying sense of incompleteness or absence, making the celebration bittersweet.
The doodle gives me a tsunami of mixed emotions as it is so adorable and so sad at the same time. It shows the speaker sitting on the bank of the Chicago river and their tears of forsakenness feeding the water of the river. It represents the way the sorrow of so many people loses its identity and is overlooked as celebration and joy instead.
I love the way Pemo makes their poetry so interactive and relatable to the readers when it comes to repressed feelings. Out of the many melancholic monologues i have written and read this is definitely one of the poems that expresses the most emotions in the least amount of words and Pemo will forever be an inspiration to me when it comes to this.
---------------------------------THANK YOU<3-----------------------------------------THE POEM
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Pemo starts this piece with a classic line “roses are red”.Throughout history this line has led to either a romantic, joyful or peaceful verselet. On the contrary this line proves to be misleading when we read the rest of the poetry. It is truly genius how Pemo has used this line to lead to something melancholic.
The second line not only replaces “violets are blue” perfectly, but also clearly signifies the early tradition of dying the Chicago river green on this festival. Pemo has written this monologue from their own perspective but we all seem to relate to it as we read further.
The speaker is in despair despite of millions of people celebrating a festival tributing achievements of a great person which hits a soft corner in the reader's heart as somewhere deep we all know that no amount of forced celebration can bring a person even close to the same euphoria as a loved one who knows us inside out and loves us unconditionally. This contrast emphasises the theme of loneliness or longing amidst public joy. The speaker reminisces about someone special who made them feel seen and appreciated.On St. Patrick's Day, the speaker feels an underlying sense of incompleteness or absence, making the celebration bittersweet.
The doodle gives me a tsunami of mixed emotions as it is so adorable and so sad at the same time. It shows the speaker sitting on the bank of the Chicago river and their tears of forsakenness feeding the water of the river. It represents the way the sorrow of so many people loses its identity and is overlooked as celebration and joy instead.
I love the way Pemo makes their poetry so interactive and relatable to the readers when it comes to repressed feelings. Out of the many melancholic monologues i have written and read this is definitely one of the poems that expresses the most emotions in the least amount of words and Pemo will forever be an inspiration to me when it comes to this.
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2024.05.18 20:11 Sweet-Count2557 10 Maldives Resorts That Offer Life Under the Sea
 | 10 Maldives Resorts That Offer Life Under the Sea Embarking on a journey to explore the depths of the ocean from the comfort of luxurious accommodations is a unique experience that many dream of.The Muraka at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is just the beginning of a list of 10 Maldives resorts that offer a life under the sea.As we delve into each resort's offerings, we uncover a world where underwater wonders meet unparalleled hospitality. Each destination promises an immersion into an aquatic realm that few have had the privilege to witness firsthand.Key TakeawaysMaldives resorts offer unique underwater dining experiences with seafood dishes and breathtaking views.Some resorts provide underwater accommodation, including underwater bedrooms and stunning marine views.Guests can enjoy diverse underwater experiences like underwater spas, treatment rooms, and tunnel viewing theaters.Indulge in gourmet dining, intimate experiences, and luxury amenities, all submerged beneath the ocean's surface.Anantara Kihavah Maldives VillasNestled in the picturesque Maldives, Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas boasts the SEA Underwater Restaurant & Wine Cellar, a revolutionary dining destination situated 6 meters beneath the ocean's surface. This underwater restaurant offers a unique dining experience where guests can indulge in a variety of seafood dishes while surrounded by the mesmerizing marine life of the Maldives. The innovative use of mirrors within the restaurant creates an immersive atmosphere, enhancing the underwater dining experience.The SEA Underwater Restaurant at Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas isn't only a culinary delight but also a feast for the eyes. As we dined on exquisite seafood dishes, we were captivated by the vibrant colors of the coral reefs and the graceful movements of the fish gliding by. The ambiance of dining underwater adds an extra element of excitement and wonder to the meal, making it a truly unforgettable experience.From the moment we descended below the surface to the SEA Underwater Restaurant, we were transported to a magical underwater world. The menu, featuring an array of fresh seafood delicacies, perfectly complements the stunning surroundings. Dining at Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas' underwater restaurant is a sensory journey that combines the flavors of the sea with the beauty of the ocean, creating a dining experience like no other.Hurawalhi Island Resort MaldivesLocated on the mesmerizing Hurawalhi Island in the Maldives, the Hurawalhi Island Resort features the world's largest underwater dining venue, the 5.8 Undersea Restaurant. This remarkable restaurant accommodates 10 couples or 20 people, offering a unique culinary experience blending seafood, European, and Fusion cuisines. Guests are treated to panoramic views of the vibrant coral gardens as they indulge in their meals, creating an immersive dining experience like no other.As we descend into the depths of the ocean, the mesmerizing dance of colors from the coral reefs surrounds us, enhancing the already exquisite dining experience.The gentle sway of marine life outside the restaurant's glass walls adds a touch of tranquility to the meal, creating a serene ambiance that's both captivating and peaceful.Each dish served seems to be elevated by the underwater setting, making every bite a sensory delight that isn't easily forgotten.The intimate setting of the 5.8 Undersea Restaurant provides the perfect backdrop for special occasions, allowing guests to create lasting memories in this extraordinary underwater realm.Niyama Private Islands MaldivesAs we explore further into the realm of underwater experiences in the Maldives, Niyama Private Islands offers a unique culinary adventure at the SUBSIX Underwater Bar, Restaurant & Nightclub. Situated 6 meters beneath the ocean surface, SUBSIX stands out as the world's first underwater nightclub transformed into a restaurant. This innovative venue hosts not only exquisite dining experiences but also special events like the renowned Underwater Glow Party, adding a touch of excitement to underwater dining.At SUBSIX, guests are treated to a diverse culinary selection that includes seafood, European dishes, and Fusion cuisine, providing a gastronomic journey unlike any other. The ambiance of the underwater setting, with its mesmerizing views of marine life gliding by, enhances the overall dining experience, making it both unique and immersive.The SUBSIX Underwater Bar, Restaurant & Nightclub at Niyama Private Islands Maldives offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity to indulge in fine dining while surrounded by the enchanting marine world. Whether savoring delectable seafood creations or enjoying a cocktail in this underwater oasis, guests are sure to create unforgettable memories at this extraordinary underwater dining destination.OZEN LIFE MAADHOO MaldivesOZEN LIFE MAADHOO Maldives features an exclusive M6m Underwater Restaurant, providing guests with a unique dining experience beneath the ocean's surface. The underwater restaurant is the first of its kind on an All-Inclusive Meal Plan, offering a memorable culinary adventure in the Maldives.Here are some key points to evoke emotion in the audience:Immerse yourself in the enchanting world below as you dine surrounded by the mesmerizing marine life of the Maldives.Indulge in exquisite seafood cuisine while being mesmerized by the stunning ocean views that unfold before your eyes.Experience a sense of intimacy and romance like never before, as you share this unforgettable dining experience 6 meters deep in the ocean.Create lasting memories in a unique setting that blends luxury with nature, providing an exclusive underwater dining experience that's truly exceptional.The M6m Underwater Restaurant at OZEN LIFE MAADHOO Maldives offers more than just a meal; it offers a journey into the depths of the sea, where food, ambiance, and marine beauty converge to create an unparalleled dining experience. Whether you're a food enthusiast, a nature lover, or a couple seeking a romantic escapade, this underwater restaurant promises an extraordinary and unforgettable adventure beneath the waves.You & Me By Cocoon MaldivesVenture into the underwater realm at You & Me By Cocoon Maldives to uncover a dining experience like no other, where the H2O Underwater Restaurant awaits in the mesmerizing Raa Atoll. This renowned diving destination houses the intimate H2O Underwater Restaurant, accommodating up to 20 guests at a time. Advanced reservations are necessary to secure a spot at this unique underwater dining setting nestled within the island's house reefs. As diners indulge in exquisite cuisine, they're treated to breathtaking views of the vibrant marine life that thrives just beyond the restaurant's transparent walls.Surrounded by the azure waters of the Indian Ocean, guests at You & Me By Cocoon Maldives can immerse themselves in a serene and immersive dining experience that showcases the beauty of the underwater world. The underwater restaurant provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity to dine in close proximity to the diverse marine life that inhabits the Raa Atoll. From colorful fish darting among the corals to graceful sea turtles gliding past, diners are enveloped in a mesmerizing display of nature's wonders while savoring their meals. At H2O Underwater Restaurant, the fusion of delectable dishes and enchanting marine views creates an unforgettable underwater dining experience that truly captivates the senses.Conrad Maldives Rangali IslandNestled within the crystal-clear waters of the Indian Ocean, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island boasts the world's first-ever underwater villa, offering guests a truly unparalleled and immersive experience. The undersea king guest suite provides a unique opportunity to sleep surrounded by marine life, with unobstructed views through glass walls and ceilings. The resort's exclusive amenities, including a private gym, bar, infinity pool, spa, and underwater restaurant, cater to guests seeking a luxurious stay.Imagine drifting off to sleep while vibrant fish swim gracefully above you, creating a mesmerizing underwater bedtime story.Picture yourself enjoying a cocktail at the bar, with the serene beauty of the ocean floor as your backdrop.Feel the weight of the world lift off your shoulders as you relax in the infinity pool, feeling as though you're floating between the sea and the sky.Indulge in a gourmet dining experience at the underwater restaurant, where the exquisite cuisine is only rivaled by the breathtaking views of the marine life surrounding you.At the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, every moment is a chance to connect with nature and experience the wonders of life beneath the waves.Pullman Maldives MaamutaaThe Pullman Maldives Maamutaa resort features the Aqua Villa, the first luxury resort in the Maldives with two underwater bedrooms. Guests staying at the Aqua Villa can immerse themselves in a unique underwater experience, where the submerged master bedroom offers an unparalleled encounter with marine life. Waking up to the mesmerizing sight of swaying corals and vibrant fish creates a deep emotional connection with the underwater world.In addition to the underwater bedroom, the resort also offers an overwater bedroom that provides guests with an aquarium-like setting, allowing them to enjoy open views of the marine life beneath the surface. The Aqua Villa experience at Pullman Maldives Maamutaa includes exclusive amenities such as a large swimming pool, a private deck area perfect for relaxation, and sunrise yoga sessions for those seeking a tranquil start to their day.Huvafen Fushi MaldivesMoving from the unique underwater experience at Pullman Maldives Maamutaa, Huvafen Fushi Maldives offers an equally captivating underwater adventure with its underwater spa and dining options. The underwater spa at Huvafen Fushi Maldives provides an exclusive experience with treatment rooms situated 8 meters below the ocean's surface. This unique setting allows guests to indulge in luxurious spa treatments while surrounded by the mesmerizing marine life of the Maldives.The resort boasts two exceptional underwater villas, featuring both overwater and underwater bedrooms, offering guests a one-of-a-kind accommodation experience where they can fall asleep to the gentle movements of the ocean.At the 5.8 Undersea Restaurant, guests can savor a diverse culinary journey with seafood, European, and Fusion cuisine, all while being immersed in the underwater world, making for an unforgettable dining experience.For couples seeking a romantic evening, the M6m Underwater Restaurant provides an intimate setting, being the first underwater restaurant on an All-Inclusive Meal Plan, where they can enjoy a private dining experience surrounded by the ocean's beauty.The Huvafen Spa offers a serene oasis with overwater and underwater treatment rooms, allowing guests to unwind and rejuvenate while being enveloped in the tranquil underwater environment. This integration of luxurious spa treatments and underwater surroundings creates a truly immersive and revitalizing retreat for visitors at Huvafen Fushi Maldives.The MURAKA Underwater ResidenceImmersed in the azure depths of the Indian Ocean, the MURAKA Underwater Residence at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island offers a revolutionary fusion of luxury and marine exploration. This unique residence boasts two floors, with one above the ocean's surface and the other below, providing an unparalleled view of the underwater world. The underwater level of the MURAKA features a stunning master bedroom, complete with a 180-degree curved acrylic dome that allows guests to immerse themselves in the mesmerizing marine environment.Stepping into the master bedroom of the MURAKA is like entering a hidden underwater oasis. The floor-to-ceiling windows in the bathroom and walk-in closet offer panoramic views of the vibrant aquatic life surrounding the residence. Waking up in the master bedroom of the MURAKA is a surreal experience, as the gentle movements of the ocean and the colorful marine creatures create a serene and enchanting ambiance.Moreover, the MURAKA offers a dedicated tunnel viewing theater, where guests can enjoy an immersive underwater experience without even getting wet. This innovative feature allows visitors to observe the underwater world up close, providing a unique opportunity to appreciate the beauty and diversity of marine life from the comfort of this luxurious underwater abode.The Aqua VillaWith a focus on providing guests a truly immersive encounter with marine life, the Aqua Villa at Pullman Maldives presents a unique two-level layout featuring a submerged master bedroom. The underwater bedroom allows guests to wake up to the beauty of swaying corals and colorful fish beneath turquoise waters, creating a surreal experience of living amongst the marine ecosystem. The overwater bedroom complements this by offering an aquarium-like setting with open views of underwater life, enhancing the connection to the ocean.The underwater bedroom provides a sense of tranquility as guests sleep surrounded by the mesmerizing marine environment.Waking up to the gentle movements of fish and the play of light through the water fosters a deep appreciation for the underwater world.The overwater bedroom's design seamlessly integrates the beauty of the ocean into the living space, enhancing the overall immersive experience.The combination of the submerged master bedroom and the overwater villa setting creates a harmonious balance between luxury and nature, offering guests a truly unique and unforgettable stay.Frequently Asked QuestionsWhich Resort in the Maldives Has Underwater Rooms?We know about hotel options in the Maldives that offer luxury accommodations with underwater rooms. Guests can experience a unique stay with unobstructed views of marine life through glass walls and ceilings. These accommodations feature amenities like private gyms, bars, infinity pools, spas, and underwater restaurants.Sustainability efforts at these resorts include eco-friendly designs, sustainable materials, coral regeneration, marine conservation, and green initiatives. Access to these exceptional underwater rooms is typically through seaplane transfers, catering to high-end clientele.How Much Does the Underwater Room in the Maldives Cost?We've explored the astonishing underwater experience offered by luxury accommodation in the Maldives. The price for this exceptional underwater room experience starts at USD 50,000 per night.The seamless blend between above-water and underwater levels provides an unparalleled opportunity to immerse in the beauty of marine life. With unobstructed views of the ocean, guests can sleep surrounded by the enchanting underwater world, making it a truly unforgettable experience.Where Did the Kardashians Stay Maldives?We found out the Kardashians vacationed in the Maldives, known for its celebrity hotspots. The family stayed at The Muraka, a luxurious underwater villa at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island.This exclusive experience features an upper-level living area, two bedrooms, and an underwater bedroom with a 180-degree curved acrylic dome. The Muraka boasts amenities like an outdoor deck with an infinity pool and a private 24-hour butler service, making it a top choice for celebrities seeking luxury.How Much Does It Cost to Stay at the Muraka?Well, the cost to stay at The Muraka really makes you rethink your life choices. At USD 50,000 per night, you could practically buy a small island.But hey, if you're into that kind of luxury, you get two floors—one above and one below the ocean—with exclusive access to a private underwater aquarium. It's like living in a marine paradise, just with a hefty price tag.ConclusionIn conclusion, the Maldives resorts that offer life under the sea provide a mesmerizing and magical experience. From Anantara Kihavah's vibrant coral reefs to The MURAKA's immersive underwater residence, guests can explore an aquatic wonderland like never before.Each resort offers unique amenities and services, ensuring a luxurious and unforgettable stay. Dive into the depths of the ocean and discover a world of beauty and tranquility at these remarkable underwater retreats. submitted by Sweet-Count2557 to worldkidstravel [link] [comments] |
2024.05.18 20:09 akki019 25 [F4R] UK/Anywhere - Socially awkward and looking for friends!
Hello! I hope you're having a good day!
Over the last 5 or so years I have accidentally socially isolated myself, and have recently been missing what it feels like to have close friendships. I have a wonderful partner of 9 years so I'm not looking for anything romantic, but I am lacking friends who aren't just colleagues - I'm really searching for people on the same wavelength! 💖
I would describe myself as a simple person, who is laid back and finds joy in the little things. I like to take life slowly, work on my hobbies, and spend time with my loved ones. I love to cook and bake, forage and garden, draw and do pottery, swim in the sea, and read books in the sunshine (when we're lucky enough to get it here!). I love animals, and follow a vegan lifestyle - just mentioning in case that's not your cup of tea!
Send me a message if I sound like someone you'd click with, and tell me about something that you love to do!
Thanks! PJ
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Over the last 5 or so years I have accidentally socially isolated myself, and have recently been missing what it feels like to have close friendships. I have a wonderful partner of 9 years so I'm not looking for anything romantic, but I am lacking friends who aren't just colleagues - I'm really searching for people on the same wavelength! 💖
I would describe myself as a simple person, who is laid back and finds joy in the little things. I like to take life slowly, work on my hobbies, and spend time with my loved ones. I love to cook and bake, forage and garden, draw and do pottery, swim in the sea, and read books in the sunshine (when we're lucky enough to get it here!). I love animals, and follow a vegan lifestyle - just mentioning in case that's not your cup of tea!
Send me a message if I sound like someone you'd click with, and tell me about something that you love to do!
Thanks! PJ
2024.05.18 16:56 lederdaddy Changing my name
Hi everyone! I'm changing my name and wanted to pick something that feels more like me and might better serve me spiritually as I prepare to move over seas and start a new chapter in my life. I'm Caribbean with just about everyone in my ancestry. So, I am searching for names that stand out and are a blend of cultural backgrounds. I am thinking something unisex/male leaning and a bit earthy, ethereal, mysterious, maybe even a little weird...OR something romantic and elegantly femme.
As of now, I've landed on Reina Skye Wolff. (Raine/Reine/Reyna) I love the middle and last name, but I'm not sure the first name is it.
Let me know what you think and if you have any ideas for other first names that are a bit more obscure, earthy, unisex and mysterious! This is so hard and I made it even harder by trying to add numerology into the mix 😩 So please save me from myself!
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As of now, I've landed on Reina Skye Wolff. (Raine/Reine/Reyna) I love the middle and last name, but I'm not sure the first name is it.
Let me know what you think and if you have any ideas for other first names that are a bit more obscure, earthy, unisex and mysterious! This is so hard and I made it even harder by trying to add numerology into the mix 😩 So please save me from myself!
2024.05.18 16:42 Klutzy_Newspaper_879 Dreadwolf Writing and Narrative Team [SPOILERS ALL]
Current:
Patrick Weekes, Lead Writer: Writers Mass Effect: They wrote several side quests, including Citadel: Family Matter and Presidium Prophet.
Additional Design Dragon Age: Origins
Writers Mass Effect 2 and Writers and Manager on Lair of the Shadow Broker: They co-wrote Miranda, and I believe also Garrus, co-wrote Liara during LOTSB. They wrote Tali, paraphrased Thane's romance dialogue, and contributed writing to other characters. They also contributed to the ending content for the game.
Senior Writer Mass Effect 3: Alongside John Dombrow, they assisted Lead Writer Mac Walters in managing the rest of the writing team. They co-wrote From Ashes and served as Senior Writer for Leviathan. They were also the Senior Writer Manager, working with John Dombrow as a co-lead (Basically) on Citadel. They wrote Kasumi, Tali, Mordin, Jack, Traynor, Joker, and Jondum Bau, and co-wrote Legion. Additionally, They wrote Liara's conversation with Matriarch Aethyta and Priority Eden Prime. They co-wrote Priority: Tuchanka and wrote Priority: Rannoch.
Senior Writer Inquisition, Lead Writer Jaws of Hakkon, Consultant The Descent, Lead Writer Trespasser: They wrote The Bull's Chargers, Cole, Krem, The Iron Bull, Solas, and Svarah Sun Hair. They also wrote the majority of Here Lies the Abyss.
Lead Writer Canceled Project Joplin DA4
Dragon Age Finaling Team Mass Effect Andromeda: Wrote several note texts.
Short stories: Dragon Slayers, Glass Beads, I Am Looking for a Book..., Why the Elders Bare Their Throats, When She Grows a Soul, Injure the Corners, Release the Knot, Shepard Off-Duty and Unleashing the Flyers of L
Comics: They co-wrote the story for Mass Effect Homeworlds #2 with Mac Walters.
Books: They are the writer of the Rogues of the Republic Trilogy, which consists of The Palace Job, The Prophecy Con, and The Paladin Caper. They also wrote Dragon Age: The Masked Empire and contributed to The World of Thedas Volume 2. Additionally, they served as both writer and editor for Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, writing Three Trees to Midnight and The Dread Wolf Take You. They also wrote the novel Feeder.
John Epler, Franchise Creative Director since January 2022, formerly Narrative director until December 2021:
Prior to joining Bioware, he spent several years volunteering for various fan sites and dabbling in the modding community for various games.
QA Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Term Testers Dragon Age: Origins and Cinematic Designers for Witch Hunt
QA Story Team Mass Effect 2, additional QA on Normandy Crash Site, Zaeed - The Price of Revenge, Firewalker Pack, Kasumi - Stolen Memory, and Overlord.
Cinematic Designers Dragon Age II, Cinematic Designer The Exiled Prince, Cinematic Designers on Legacy and Mark of the Assassin
Cinematic Designers Dragon Age: Inquisition, Lead Cinematic Designer on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Working with the animation team, he worked to remove the race-gating on Iron Bull's romance
Dragon Age Finaling Team Mass Effect Andromeda
Animation Systems Designers/Storyboard Supervisor for Anthem
Executive Producers Dragon Age: Absolution
Books: Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote The Horror of Hormak and Half Up Front
Sylvia Feketekuty, Senior Writer:
Writers Lair of the Shadow Broker: Wrote Feron and Glyph, wrote Liara from the beginning of the DLC until the scene after the defeat of the Shadow Broker, and wrote a few lines of her dialogue after that.
Writers Mass Effect 3, also the Resurgence, Rebellion, Earth, Retaliation, and Reckoning Multiplayer Expansions: Wrote Glyph, Liara, and Samara. Also, she wrote the final version of Kallini: Ardat-Yakshi Monastery, wrote Rannoch: Admiral Koris and Geth Fighter squadrons, contributed to much of the content on the Citadel, including various quests, the refund guy, and various other background material. she also co-wrote Legion.
Writers Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Wrote Josephine, Champions of the Just, and the final versions of Before the Dawn and Under Her Skin.
Writers/Narrative Designers Anthem
Short Stories: The Flame Eternal
Comics: She co-wrote the story for Mass Effect Homeworlds #4 with Mac Walters.
Books: Writers The World of Thedas Volume 1-2, Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote Down Among the Dead Men and Luck in the Gardens
Sheryl Chee, Senior Writer:
Writers Dragon Age: Origins, also co-writer for The Stone Prisoner, Return to Ostagar, and Awakening, and the writer of Golems of Amgarrak. Writers Witch Hunt, Wrote Cullen, Dog, Leliana and Wynne, as well as Oghren, Sigrun, and Velanna during Awakening. Also wrote the Magi Origin, Broken Circle, and the Urn of Sacred Ashes.
Writers Dragon Age II, also on Legacy and Mark of the Assassin: Wrote Isabela and All That Remains
Writers Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser and writer for the Multiplayer: Wrote Blackwall, Leliana and the multiplayer characters
Writers Mass Effect Andromeda: Wrote Vetra and Suvi
Writers/Narrative Designers Anthem: Wrote Mathias
Short Stories: Isabela, Minrathous Shadows
Books: Writers The World of Thedas Volume 1-2
Brianne Battye, Senior Writer:
Assistant Writer Leviathan credited as Additional Design
Writers Citadel
Writers Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Wrote Cullen
Writers/Narrative Designers Anthem
Short Stories: The Next One, Won't Know When and Each Minute Closer
Books: Writers The World of Thedas Volume 2, Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote Hunger and The Streets of Minrathous, and the writer of wholehearted (poetry collection)
Poems: Short Poems
Former:
Lukas Kristjanson, Senior Writer until September 2023 laid off:
Lead Writer Baldur's Gate and the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion: Wrote Minsc, Jaheira, much of the main story and main campaign, and many of the side quests Also contributed manual editing and compilation.
Writers MDK 2
Designers and core design team for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and additional design on Throne of Bhaal: Wrote Jon Irenicus and also contributed manual writing/editing.
Designers, Core Design Team, Manual Writers and additional programming on Neverwinter Nights
Designers Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Wrote parts of Taris, Manaan, and Korriban, much of Tatooine and Kashyyyk, and also contributed manual writing.
Lead Writer, later Co-Lead on Jade Empire.
Writers Mass Effect: Wrote Kaidan and Joker, co-wrote Kirrahe, wrote Feros, and co-wrote Virmire.
Writers Dragon Age: Origins, and the Writer of Leliana's Song: Co-wrote A Paragon of Her Kind
Writers Mass Effect 2: Wrote Jacob and Joker, contributed writing to other characters, wrote Joker's Mission on the Normandy, contributed to the game's ending, and advised Dusty Everman in the writing of the non-companion NPCs on the Normandy.
Writers Dragon Age II, also on Legacy and Mark of the Assassin: Wrote Arishok, Aveline and Carver
Senior Writer Dragon Age: Inquisition: Wrote Sera, In Your Heart, and several codex entries.
Writers Mass Effect: Andromeda: Wrote Liam
Comics: Co-wrote the Baldur's Gate promotional comic.
Short Stories: Aveline and As We Fly
Books: Writers The World of Thedas Volume 1-2, Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote Callback and Genitivi Dies in the End
John Dombrow, Senior Writer left in August of 2023:
Writer Universe at War: Earth Assault
Petroglyoph Studio staff on Panzer General: Allied Assault
Writer Overlord
Senior Writer Mass Effect 3: Alongside Patrick Weekes, he assisted Lead Writer Mac Walters in managing the rest of the writing team. He co-wrote From Ashes and served as Supervising Writer for Leviathan. He were also the Senior Writer Manager, working with Patrick Weekes a co-lead (Basically) on Citadel. He wrote Wrex, Garrus, Javik, Padok Wiks, Wreav, Eve, and Victus. He also wrote Liara during From Ashes and contributed writing to Kai Leng and The Illusive Man. He wrote Priority: Sur'Kesh, co-wrote Priority Tuchanka, and wrote Priority Thessia. Additionally, he developed the initial Grissom Academy mission and wrote the first draft. He also edited Garrus and Javik.
Senior Writer Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea
Writer Telltale's Game of Thrones Episode 3 and additional writing on two of the other episodes
Writer and associate producer Mytheon
Writers and later co-lead for Mass Effect: Andromeda following the departure of original lead writer Chris Schlerf: Wrote Prologue Hyperion, Planetside, and the Salarian Ark Mission.
Senior WriteNarrative Designer Anthem
Short stories: Ruins of Reality
Comics: He co-wrote the story for Mass Effect Homeworlds #3 with Mac Walters and the story for Mass Effect Discovery
Books: Oversaw the development of the Andromeda novels.
Films: Production Assistant Sliver, Writer Control Factor, Screenwriter Deadly Swarm
Writer and developer The Sixth Extinction (Unproduced
Writer original screenplay The Hills Run Red
Films: Production Assistant Sliver, Writer Control Factor, co-screenwriter Deadly Swarm. Also, writer and developer The Sixth Extinction (Unproduced). Additionally, wrote the original screenplay for The Hills Run Red.
Left to go join Sucker Punch Productions as a Senior Writer
Mary Kirby, Senior Writer until September 2023 laid off:
Writers Dragon Age: Origins: Wrote Cauthrien, Sten, Loghain, much of the Qunari lore and the Chant of Light, and most of the Landsmeet.
Writers Dragon Age II, also on Legacy and Mark of the Assassin: Wrote Merrill and Varric
Writers Star Wars: The Old Republic: Wrote the companion conversations for Fideltin Rusk
Writers for Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Wrote Varric, Vivienne, and In Hushed Whispers
Writers/Narrative Designers Anthem: Wrote Max
Short Stories: Merrill, Varric and The Wake
Books: Writers and editors The World of Thedas Volume 1, writers Volume 2, Writer for Dragon Age: Hard in Hightown
Courtney Woods, Writer left in February of 2020:
Prior to joining Bioware, she worked as an Editorial Intern at DC Comics for 3 months and as a Contributing Writer at Newsarama where She specialized in video game journalism, including previewing and reviewing video games and related projects. She provided written and photographic coverage of pop culture conventions such as Star Wars Celebration V, New York Comic-Con 2010, and E3 2011
Community Coordinators Star Wars: The Old Republic also on the Rise of the Hutt Cartel and Galactic Starfighter expansions. Lead Community Coordinator on Galactic Strongholds and Shadow of Revan. Writers on Knights of the Fallen Empire
Co-writer The Descent
Writers Mass Effect: Andromeda: Wrote Lexi, Reyes and much of Kadara
Senior WriteNarrative Designer Anthem
Books: Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote The Wigmaker Job and Eight Little Talons. She also contributed to the Development of the Mass Effect Andromeda: Nexus Uprising Novel
Left to work on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic as the Lead writer left in September of 2022
Currently a Senior Writer as Sucker Punch Productions
Arone Le Bray, Narrative Quality DesigneAnalyst left in April of 2021:
Contact Testers Jade Empire: Special Edition
QA Term Testers Mass Effect
QA Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
QA Analysts Dragon Age: Origins
QA Story Team Lead Mass Effect 2, additional QA on Normandy Crash Site, QA Zaeed - The Price of Revenge, additional QA Firewalker Pack, QA Kasumi - Stolen Memory, and Lair of the Shadow Broker.
Additional QA Star Wars: The Old Republic
Content Analysts Mass Effect 3
Analysts Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser
Analysts Mass Effect: Andromeda
Analysts Anthem
Books: Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote An Old Crow's Old Tricks
Theatre: Founders Basic Acid Theatre company. Director and an Actor in Finer Noble Gases, Writer and Director of Occupied.
Left to join THE CHINESE ROOM LTD as a Narrative Designer on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Currently serving as a Principal Narrative Designer on the game.
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Alexis Kennedy, Freelance Writer:
Founder and former CEO Failbetter Games Left in August of 2016
Original developer and lead writer Fallen London
Creative Director Tales of Fallen London: The Silver Tree
Creative Director Machine Cares!
Creative Director Dragon Age: The Last Court
Creative director, lead writer and Designers Sunless Sea
Co-founder Weather Factory
Writer and Designers Stellaris: Horizon Signal
Writer, designer, and coders for Cultist Simulator and its DLC."
Initial Concept Sunless Skies
Writer and Designer Book of Hours
He also worked on an unspecified research and development project with Telltale Games
In August 2019, he was accused of harassment by Meg Jayanth and Olivia Wood, a writer at Failbetter. Bioware has cut all ties with him.
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Ben Gelinas, Consultant:
Prior to joining Bioware, he worked as a staff writer for Guelph Mercury, Multimedia Reporter for The Waterloo Region Record, Crime Writer, and later Arts Writer for the Edmonton Journal, and as a Freelance Journalist.
Writing Special Thanks Mark of the Assassin
Editors and Additional Design for Mass Effect 3 and From Ashes. Editors on Leviathan and Citadel. He collaborated with the programmers to design the games Kinect voice command system
Editors Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Product owner for the game journal
Editors on Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire and Knights of the Eternal Throne
Editors and Writers Mass Effect: Andromeda: Some writing for Drack and additional story content.
Founder Copychaser Games Inc.
Writer and Designer Speed Dating For Ghosts
Game Design Instructor Sheridan College Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
Narrative Designers Control, Co-writer Control Expansion 1 - The Foundation."
Writers Gotham Knights
Writer and Designer Times and Galaxy
He is also working on a game about sleep paralysis
Books: Lead Writer and co-project Lead The World of Thedas Volumes 1-2, contributed an essay to Shy: An Anthology, Writer The Art of Dragon Age: Inquisition, worked on the English language version of The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia, and wrote BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development. He also contributed to the Development of the Mass Effect Andromeda: Nexus Uprising Novel
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Patrick Weekes, Lead Writer: Writers Mass Effect: They wrote several side quests, including Citadel: Family Matter and Presidium Prophet.
Additional Design Dragon Age: Origins
Writers Mass Effect 2 and Writers and Manager on Lair of the Shadow Broker: They co-wrote Miranda, and I believe also Garrus, co-wrote Liara during LOTSB. They wrote Tali, paraphrased Thane's romance dialogue, and contributed writing to other characters. They also contributed to the ending content for the game.
Senior Writer Mass Effect 3: Alongside John Dombrow, they assisted Lead Writer Mac Walters in managing the rest of the writing team. They co-wrote From Ashes and served as Senior Writer for Leviathan. They were also the Senior Writer Manager, working with John Dombrow as a co-lead (Basically) on Citadel. They wrote Kasumi, Tali, Mordin, Jack, Traynor, Joker, and Jondum Bau, and co-wrote Legion. Additionally, They wrote Liara's conversation with Matriarch Aethyta and Priority Eden Prime. They co-wrote Priority: Tuchanka and wrote Priority: Rannoch.
Senior Writer Inquisition, Lead Writer Jaws of Hakkon, Consultant The Descent, Lead Writer Trespasser: They wrote The Bull's Chargers, Cole, Krem, The Iron Bull, Solas, and Svarah Sun Hair. They also wrote the majority of Here Lies the Abyss.
Lead Writer Canceled Project Joplin DA4
Dragon Age Finaling Team Mass Effect Andromeda: Wrote several note texts.
Short stories: Dragon Slayers, Glass Beads, I Am Looking for a Book..., Why the Elders Bare Their Throats, When She Grows a Soul, Injure the Corners, Release the Knot, Shepard Off-Duty and Unleashing the Flyers of L
Comics: They co-wrote the story for Mass Effect Homeworlds #2 with Mac Walters.
Books: They are the writer of the Rogues of the Republic Trilogy, which consists of The Palace Job, The Prophecy Con, and The Paladin Caper. They also wrote Dragon Age: The Masked Empire and contributed to The World of Thedas Volume 2. Additionally, they served as both writer and editor for Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, writing Three Trees to Midnight and The Dread Wolf Take You. They also wrote the novel Feeder.
John Epler, Franchise Creative Director since January 2022, formerly Narrative director until December 2021:
Prior to joining Bioware, he spent several years volunteering for various fan sites and dabbling in the modding community for various games.
QA Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Term Testers Dragon Age: Origins and Cinematic Designers for Witch Hunt
QA Story Team Mass Effect 2, additional QA on Normandy Crash Site, Zaeed - The Price of Revenge, Firewalker Pack, Kasumi - Stolen Memory, and Overlord.
Cinematic Designers Dragon Age II, Cinematic Designer The Exiled Prince, Cinematic Designers on Legacy and Mark of the Assassin
Cinematic Designers Dragon Age: Inquisition, Lead Cinematic Designer on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Working with the animation team, he worked to remove the race-gating on Iron Bull's romance
Dragon Age Finaling Team Mass Effect Andromeda
Animation Systems Designers/Storyboard Supervisor for Anthem
Executive Producers Dragon Age: Absolution
Books: Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote The Horror of Hormak and Half Up Front
Sylvia Feketekuty, Senior Writer:
Writers Lair of the Shadow Broker: Wrote Feron and Glyph, wrote Liara from the beginning of the DLC until the scene after the defeat of the Shadow Broker, and wrote a few lines of her dialogue after that.
Writers Mass Effect 3, also the Resurgence, Rebellion, Earth, Retaliation, and Reckoning Multiplayer Expansions: Wrote Glyph, Liara, and Samara. Also, she wrote the final version of Kallini: Ardat-Yakshi Monastery, wrote Rannoch: Admiral Koris and Geth Fighter squadrons, contributed to much of the content on the Citadel, including various quests, the refund guy, and various other background material. she also co-wrote Legion.
Writers Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Wrote Josephine, Champions of the Just, and the final versions of Before the Dawn and Under Her Skin.
Writers/Narrative Designers Anthem
Short Stories: The Flame Eternal
Comics: She co-wrote the story for Mass Effect Homeworlds #4 with Mac Walters.
Books: Writers The World of Thedas Volume 1-2, Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote Down Among the Dead Men and Luck in the Gardens
Sheryl Chee, Senior Writer:
Writers Dragon Age: Origins, also co-writer for The Stone Prisoner, Return to Ostagar, and Awakening, and the writer of Golems of Amgarrak. Writers Witch Hunt, Wrote Cullen, Dog, Leliana and Wynne, as well as Oghren, Sigrun, and Velanna during Awakening. Also wrote the Magi Origin, Broken Circle, and the Urn of Sacred Ashes.
Writers Dragon Age II, also on Legacy and Mark of the Assassin: Wrote Isabela and All That Remains
Writers Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser and writer for the Multiplayer: Wrote Blackwall, Leliana and the multiplayer characters
Writers Mass Effect Andromeda: Wrote Vetra and Suvi
Writers/Narrative Designers Anthem: Wrote Mathias
Short Stories: Isabela, Minrathous Shadows
Books: Writers The World of Thedas Volume 1-2
Brianne Battye, Senior Writer:
Assistant Writer Leviathan credited as Additional Design
Writers Citadel
Writers Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Wrote Cullen
Writers/Narrative Designers Anthem
Short Stories: The Next One, Won't Know When and Each Minute Closer
Books: Writers The World of Thedas Volume 2, Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote Hunger and The Streets of Minrathous, and the writer of wholehearted (poetry collection)
Poems: Short Poems
Former:
Lukas Kristjanson, Senior Writer until September 2023 laid off:
Lead Writer Baldur's Gate and the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion: Wrote Minsc, Jaheira, much of the main story and main campaign, and many of the side quests Also contributed manual editing and compilation.
Writers MDK 2
Designers and core design team for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and additional design on Throne of Bhaal: Wrote Jon Irenicus and also contributed manual writing/editing.
Designers, Core Design Team, Manual Writers and additional programming on Neverwinter Nights
Designers Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Wrote parts of Taris, Manaan, and Korriban, much of Tatooine and Kashyyyk, and also contributed manual writing.
Lead Writer, later Co-Lead on Jade Empire.
Writers Mass Effect: Wrote Kaidan and Joker, co-wrote Kirrahe, wrote Feros, and co-wrote Virmire.
Writers Dragon Age: Origins, and the Writer of Leliana's Song: Co-wrote A Paragon of Her Kind
Writers Mass Effect 2: Wrote Jacob and Joker, contributed writing to other characters, wrote Joker's Mission on the Normandy, contributed to the game's ending, and advised Dusty Everman in the writing of the non-companion NPCs on the Normandy.
Writers Dragon Age II, also on Legacy and Mark of the Assassin: Wrote Arishok, Aveline and Carver
Senior Writer Dragon Age: Inquisition: Wrote Sera, In Your Heart, and several codex entries.
Writers Mass Effect: Andromeda: Wrote Liam
Comics: Co-wrote the Baldur's Gate promotional comic.
Short Stories: Aveline and As We Fly
Books: Writers The World of Thedas Volume 1-2, Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote Callback and Genitivi Dies in the End
John Dombrow, Senior Writer left in August of 2023:
Writer Universe at War: Earth Assault
Petroglyoph Studio staff on Panzer General: Allied Assault
Writer Overlord
Senior Writer Mass Effect 3: Alongside Patrick Weekes, he assisted Lead Writer Mac Walters in managing the rest of the writing team. He co-wrote From Ashes and served as Supervising Writer for Leviathan. He were also the Senior Writer Manager, working with Patrick Weekes a co-lead (Basically) on Citadel. He wrote Wrex, Garrus, Javik, Padok Wiks, Wreav, Eve, and Victus. He also wrote Liara during From Ashes and contributed writing to Kai Leng and The Illusive Man. He wrote Priority: Sur'Kesh, co-wrote Priority Tuchanka, and wrote Priority Thessia. Additionally, he developed the initial Grissom Academy mission and wrote the first draft. He also edited Garrus and Javik.
Senior Writer Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea
Writer Telltale's Game of Thrones Episode 3 and additional writing on two of the other episodes
Writer and associate producer Mytheon
Writers and later co-lead for Mass Effect: Andromeda following the departure of original lead writer Chris Schlerf: Wrote Prologue Hyperion, Planetside, and the Salarian Ark Mission.
Senior WriteNarrative Designer Anthem
Short stories: Ruins of Reality
Comics: He co-wrote the story for Mass Effect Homeworlds #3 with Mac Walters and the story for Mass Effect Discovery
Books: Oversaw the development of the Andromeda novels.
Films: Production Assistant Sliver, Writer Control Factor, Screenwriter Deadly Swarm
Writer and developer The Sixth Extinction (Unproduced
Writer original screenplay The Hills Run Red
Films: Production Assistant Sliver, Writer Control Factor, co-screenwriter Deadly Swarm. Also, writer and developer The Sixth Extinction (Unproduced). Additionally, wrote the original screenplay for The Hills Run Red.
Left to go join Sucker Punch Productions as a Senior Writer
Mary Kirby, Senior Writer until September 2023 laid off:
Writers Dragon Age: Origins: Wrote Cauthrien, Sten, Loghain, much of the Qunari lore and the Chant of Light, and most of the Landsmeet.
Writers Dragon Age II, also on Legacy and Mark of the Assassin: Wrote Merrill and Varric
Writers Star Wars: The Old Republic: Wrote the companion conversations for Fideltin Rusk
Writers for Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Wrote Varric, Vivienne, and In Hushed Whispers
Writers/Narrative Designers Anthem: Wrote Max
Short Stories: Merrill, Varric and The Wake
Books: Writers and editors The World of Thedas Volume 1, writers Volume 2, Writer for Dragon Age: Hard in Hightown
Courtney Woods, Writer left in February of 2020:
Prior to joining Bioware, she worked as an Editorial Intern at DC Comics for 3 months and as a Contributing Writer at Newsarama where She specialized in video game journalism, including previewing and reviewing video games and related projects. She provided written and photographic coverage of pop culture conventions such as Star Wars Celebration V, New York Comic-Con 2010, and E3 2011
Community Coordinators Star Wars: The Old Republic also on the Rise of the Hutt Cartel and Galactic Starfighter expansions. Lead Community Coordinator on Galactic Strongholds and Shadow of Revan. Writers on Knights of the Fallen Empire
Co-writer The Descent
Writers Mass Effect: Andromeda: Wrote Lexi, Reyes and much of Kadara
Senior WriteNarrative Designer Anthem
Books: Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote The Wigmaker Job and Eight Little Talons. She also contributed to the Development of the Mass Effect Andromeda: Nexus Uprising Novel
Left to work on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic as the Lead writer left in September of 2022
Currently a Senior Writer as Sucker Punch Productions
Arone Le Bray, Narrative Quality DesigneAnalyst left in April of 2021:
Contact Testers Jade Empire: Special Edition
QA Term Testers Mass Effect
QA Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
QA Analysts Dragon Age: Origins
QA Story Team Lead Mass Effect 2, additional QA on Normandy Crash Site, QA Zaeed - The Price of Revenge, additional QA Firewalker Pack, QA Kasumi - Stolen Memory, and Lair of the Shadow Broker.
Additional QA Star Wars: The Old Republic
Content Analysts Mass Effect 3
Analysts Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser
Analysts Mass Effect: Andromeda
Analysts Anthem
Books: Writers Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, wrote An Old Crow's Old Tricks
Theatre: Founders Basic Acid Theatre company. Director and an Actor in Finer Noble Gases, Writer and Director of Occupied.
Left to join THE CHINESE ROOM LTD as a Narrative Designer on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Currently serving as a Principal Narrative Designer on the game.
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Alexis Kennedy, Freelance Writer:
Founder and former CEO Failbetter Games Left in August of 2016
Original developer and lead writer Fallen London
Creative Director Tales of Fallen London: The Silver Tree
Creative Director Machine Cares!
Creative Director Dragon Age: The Last Court
Creative director, lead writer and Designers Sunless Sea
Co-founder Weather Factory
Writer and Designers Stellaris: Horizon Signal
Writer, designer, and coders for Cultist Simulator and its DLC."
Initial Concept Sunless Skies
Writer and Designer Book of Hours
He also worked on an unspecified research and development project with Telltale Games
In August 2019, he was accused of harassment by Meg Jayanth and Olivia Wood, a writer at Failbetter. Bioware has cut all ties with him.
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Ben Gelinas, Consultant:
Prior to joining Bioware, he worked as a staff writer for Guelph Mercury, Multimedia Reporter for The Waterloo Region Record, Crime Writer, and later Arts Writer for the Edmonton Journal, and as a Freelance Journalist.
Writing Special Thanks Mark of the Assassin
Editors and Additional Design for Mass Effect 3 and From Ashes. Editors on Leviathan and Citadel. He collaborated with the programmers to design the games Kinect voice command system
Editors Dragon Age: Inquisition, also on Jaws of Hakkon and Trespasser: Product owner for the game journal
Editors on Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire and Knights of the Eternal Throne
Editors and Writers Mass Effect: Andromeda: Some writing for Drack and additional story content.
Founder Copychaser Games Inc.
Writer and Designer Speed Dating For Ghosts
Game Design Instructor Sheridan College Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
Narrative Designers Control, Co-writer Control Expansion 1 - The Foundation."
Writers Gotham Knights
Writer and Designer Times and Galaxy
He is also working on a game about sleep paralysis
Books: Lead Writer and co-project Lead The World of Thedas Volumes 1-2, contributed an essay to Shy: An Anthology, Writer The Art of Dragon Age: Inquisition, worked on the English language version of The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia, and wrote BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development. He also contributed to the Development of the Mass Effect Andromeda: Nexus Uprising Novel
2024.05.18 14:15 seafoam4015 Romantic Perennial?
Have you always thought a certain plant was romantic? Symbolized love or partnership?
My partner and I are getting married this summer. It's a casual backyard ceremony and our officiant asked if we wanted a unity activity. I thought it would be meaningful to plant something together but Im not sure what it should be and would love your ideas.
I'm hoping to find something that has symbolic meaning, maybe there's a poem about it or how it grows, something unique about how its pollinated, something that blooms in pairs? Im open to anything but all I can find online is flower colors that symbolize love. Which is fine but kind of boring.
We're more practical than flowery, we mostly grow vegetables in our own garden. But ideally I'd love a perennial that comes back or continues to grow. So I was thinking a bush or fern. No trees, we don't have a place to put one.
I'd love your help!
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My partner and I are getting married this summer. It's a casual backyard ceremony and our officiant asked if we wanted a unity activity. I thought it would be meaningful to plant something together but Im not sure what it should be and would love your ideas.
I'm hoping to find something that has symbolic meaning, maybe there's a poem about it or how it grows, something unique about how its pollinated, something that blooms in pairs? Im open to anything but all I can find online is flower colors that symbolize love. Which is fine but kind of boring.
We're more practical than flowery, we mostly grow vegetables in our own garden. But ideally I'd love a perennial that comes back or continues to grow. So I was thinking a bush or fern. No trees, we don't have a place to put one.
I'd love your help!
2024.05.18 13:13 _N-i-X_ I need HELP with typing...
So I've been into these systems for three years now, but I've recently come to doubt my whole typology. I'm not going to say what I've been typed as before though, because I'd like to avoid bias. It'd be cool if you tried to type me in other systems as well, such as Enneagram, Socionics, Psychosophy/Attitudinal Psyche, Big 5, Temperaments, Jungian...
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- I'm a very closed off person who needs a lot of time to recharge since people wear me out, but I've been told I come across as a highly energetic, hardworking and overall as an inspiring and determined person. For instance, I always strive for the best, even if that means sacrificing my comfort (like going to one of the best universities in my country even if it's like over 100 km from home and I have to wake up at 5 AM everyday), and I'm always passionate about pursuing something to improve myself, because I'd hate to feel like I'm wasting time lazing around.
- People see me as someone responsible to rely on, they have told me I'm a good listener and understand them well, I give honest advice while also taking into consideration their feelings and reactions (I don't want to come across as offensive and insensitive), and in general I like giving a good impression. I mean, I can't stand fake people, but I still feel it's important to portray yourself in a good light. I think you must treat others the same way you'd like to be treated, that is, with respect (but, of course, if they cross me, I'll act spiteful towards them, since that's what they deserve).
- Despite trying to be reasonable at all times and doing my best not to come across as overly emotional, I'm very anxious and tend to catastrophize, so while it's not usual, when it happens, my outbursts are strong. Then, I feel like trash after it all happens, since I perceive it as me having made a fool of myself. My feelings tend to escalate quickly, and sometimes due to something that it's not THAT important, so it's helpful to have someone slow me down and help me see the big picture. I can also be too straightforward as well, to the point that I sometimes end up being reckless. For example, there has been multiple times where I suddenly felt the urge to insult someone because they did something that offended me; in those cases I fortunately had a friend to shut me up and distract me from it because they know I might not be able to wait until they're out of sight to complain about them.
- While at a distance I might seem intimidating and stern, people close to me see me as innerly soft, sensitive and pretty much a romantic prone to sentimentality. I've always had a hard time with processing emotions, because since I was a kid I've been taught "emotions are for the weak", so I tried to repress them. It wasn't until I discovered my passion for poetry that I finally learned to come into contact with them and understand them without shame. Currently, I feel like I have an easier time expressing myself and I'm not as repelled of my own feelings like I was in the past... Many people have actually told me, to my surprise, that my face is amusingly expressive, like I'm transparent even if I try my best to hide myself from the world. That said, I communicate my feelings through poems, so while I'd like the other person to take the initiative in this regard, I'll try to reciprocate it my way.
- However, I can also be quite passive and insecure when I feel oppressed and vulnerable in my environment (I feel like the whole world is against me in such circumstances), so I tend to walk on eggshells most of the time just in case. I'd say I'm mostly awkward, and I never know how to interact with my surroundings properly. If I've done it well, it's likely that I've just been lucky. This has led me to be isolated most of my life, and despite the fact that I currently have some connections with people, I feel like it's still not enough. I'm very private, secretive, and harbour trust issues; but I also crave intense connection with people I've taken a liking to (after a long time assessing if they're trustful enough for me to grow attached to them, since I place a lot of value on loyalty and suffer a lot when those close to me suddenly disappear from my life). I'm really compassionate with others, so some people have taken advantage of my kindness to then stab me in the back when I least expected it, which has made me become outwardly distant and unapproachable through the years (when the truth is that I'm just terrified of people). I've always had this impulse to help and protect those in need when they couldn't stand up for themselves, so it's curious how much compassion I could feel for others when I couldn't feel it for myself. Anyway, I still hold those around me to high standards, which I apply to myself as well.
- On the other hand, I place a lot of value to my appearance too. Like poetry, my own style is a way to express who I am as a person, and I can't understand nor find myself attracted to people who don't care at all regarding this part of themselves... It's as if they're neglecting one of the most important ways to make themselves appealing to both themselves and others. For me, it's also a way to feel better about myself, since the attractiveness and health of the body is just as important as that of the mind.
- Now, I suck at everything related to numbers or economics. They're so boring and uninteresting to me that my brain shuts down when something related to it comes up (I already suffer enough in law school whenever I'm forced to do subjects involving financial law or the like). I've always been more drawn to humanitarian subjects like languages, literature...
- I'm highly impatient (I get easily frustrated when something doesn't go my way like "it's supposed to", and I can grow envious and resentful towards someone that did it better than me), irritable (I'm peaceful until something or someone crosses me), and pessimistic (if something remotely bad happens, then that means it's all doomed to fail). I can be intolerant as well, easily despising someone others might be indifferent to, and I've been told to be impulsive too when I fail to guard myself from what makes me react aggressively either to others or myself. In addition, I cannot deal with people that are too aloof to descifer, like it's obvious they're keeping something from me, but they will lie and tell me "it's okay" while it's obvious that it's not, and their facial expressions are so dull that I won't even be able to extract the minimum out of them. In such circumstances I might flare up to try to get them out of their shell in order to know whatever they're hiding away from me; but that typically ends up driving them away from me further (which pisses me off to no end). I like straightforward people who are not cowards and will make things clear from the beginning, even if it hurts.
- Regarding my mannerisms, they're mostly stiff, instead of smooth or soft. As I said, I come across as energetic even if I slept 4 hours that day, I walk and talk VERY quickly (people who speak and move slowly get on my nerves), and I can be very expressive and loud if I'm feeling comfortable enough with the person I'm with (I can even look extroverted next to my quieter friends). I also don't have any shame at all when it comes to myself; I can talk about anything weird or rant about my nerdy interests and creepy fixations to the point of becoming obnoxious without giving a damn about the reaction of the other person. I may even enjoy making the other person embarrassed and teasing them, since it's hilarious. Fortunately, I'm good at eliciting interest in others, so oftentimes I can drag them into the abyss of my obsessions and teach them all about it.
- Aside from poetry, my other interests are varied. For instance, I also love reading old books, writing stories, creating original characters and researching whichever area of interest I'm into at the moment. I like to maintain an active lifestyle too. In the future, I strive to become financially successful (that's why I'm in a career that is going to bring me a lot of opportunities), independent, and travel and learn as much as I can to improve both myself and my talents. I'm overall a very individualistic person, but I'd like to meet more people who align with my values as well; without at least someone by my side with whom I can share myself I become depressed.
2024.05.18 12:56 Sweet-Count2557 10 Stunning Water Villas With Pools at Coco Bodu Hithi Maldives
 | 10 Stunning Water Villas With Pools at Coco Bodu Hithi Maldives Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience the epitome of luxury and relaxation in one of the world's most sought-after destinations?Imagine waking up to the gentle sounds of the ocean surrounding your private water villa, complete with a stunning infinity pool overlooking the crystal-clear waters.At Coco Bodu Hithi Maldives, the allure of 10 exquisite water villas with pools beckons travelers seeking unparalleled tranquility and opulence.Each villa encapsulates a blend of modern design and natural beauty, promising an unforgettable escape unlike any other.Key TakeawaysPrivate infinity pools with stunning ocean viewsSeamless blend of luxury and natural beautySpacious and modern accommodations with personalized settingsMesmerizing sunset views and tranquil oasis for relaxationOverwater Villa With Infinity PoolNestled above the turquoise waters of the Maldivian lagoon, our Overwater Villa beckons with its private infinity pool, offering a luxurious retreat for those seeking unparalleled beauty and relaxation. 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2024.05.18 09:15 epiphanyshearld Metamorphoses by Ovid: Reading Begins and Context Post
Today (May 18) marks the beginning of our reading of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. We will be reading it over the course of the next eight weeks and will be reading two “books” aka chapters per week until the final week, where we will be reading the final book. Below is our reading and discussion schedule:
To see our full schedule for 2024, click here.
It is important to note, that many of the stories within the Metamorphoses are extremely violent and, depending on your translation, graphic in nature. There are many instances of on-page sexual violence and rape, so please be aware of this before reading. Unfortunately, I haven’t read this text before, so I can’t provide you guys with a more detailed list of warnings or of when said things happen within the text. I wish I could. If anyone has read this text before and would like to help me with adding content warnings, please leave a comment below or DM me.
Aside from this, the Metamorphoses is seen as accessible for modern readers. I have a translation guide available here, which provides some info on which translations are more graphic than others. Please note that every translation will contain some references to the violence in the original text. This is a good thing, in terms of preserving history but may not be comfortable for some readers, which is understandable.
Ovid:
Publius Ovidius Naso aka Ovid was born in 43 BCE and lived until 17CE. This means that he was born during the final years of the Roman Republic and lived most of his life during the early years of the Roman Empire. He was born to an old and wealthy family. He began writing quite young and was a celebrated poet for most of his adult life. He started out writing romantic poetry and then moved into more ambitious (and subversive) styles. He was famous during his lifetime, which was kind of his downfall – the Emperor, Augustus, exiled him in 8CE. We don’t know what he did to anger Augustus specifically, but it was enough to get Ovid exiled to a place called Tomis for the rest of his life. There are some theories that Ovid was associated with someone who helped Augustus’ granddaughter in her adultery, but we will never know for sure. It appears that Ovid spent his last few years writing in Tomis, with some hope that the publication of more of his work could lead to Augustus forgiving him. That didn’t happen, but Ovid did complete the entire Metamorphoses, which has gone on to be a major source of what we know about the Greco/Roman mythos for generations. It also appears that, unlike with Virgil's Aeneid, Augustus had little to no chance at interfering with the work (as it was complete upon Ovid's death). Which is a major plus, in terms of us getting to read what the author intended us to read.
The Metamorphoses:
The Metamorphoses is a long narrative poem that is split over fifteen books. The poem is extremely ambitious in its scope: from the creation of the world to Ovid’s lifetime. The main thing that links all the stories together is the theme (and title) of the text: transformation (Metamorphoses). As mentioned in the last section, Ovid was an acclaimed poet and a master in his craft. In the Metamorphoses, Ovid plays around and even deconstructs the myths and the poetic styles that have come before. So, even though the overall text is very pro-Rome, I think it is fair to say that, from a technical and story standpoint, the overall work is subversive. It has had a huge influence on other writers and artists since the time it was published.
A lot of myths are included within these books so it would be hard for me to list them all here. However, some of the best-known versions of the myths come from the Metamorphoses such as the tragic story of Medusa, the birth and early life of the god Bacchus (aka Dionysus) and tales like the story of Atalanta. The poem also covers some myths we are familiar with here on the sub, such as the story of Jason and the Argonauts and the Trojan War. It will be interesting to read Ovid’s more Roman-centric perspective of this older myths.
Due to this text being written by a Roman poet, the names of the gods and many of the heroes are different here than in the other (Greek era) texts we have read. Here’s a link to a breakdown of the major name changes.
After we finish the Metamorphoses, we will be reading Natalie Haynes book Pandora's Jar, which is a modern collection of essays that focus on the portrayal of women within the Greek mythos.
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- Start Date: 18/05/24
- Week 1 - Books 1 & 2 - 25/05/24
- Week 2 - Books 3 & 4 - 01/06/24
- Week 3 - Books 5 & 6 - 08/06/24
- Week 4 - Books 7 & 8 - 15/06/24
- Week 5 - Books 9 & 10 - 22/06/24
- Week 6 - Books 11 & 12 - 29/06/24
- Week 7 - Books 13 & 14 - 06/07/24
- Week 8 - Book 15 - 13/07/24
To see our full schedule for 2024, click here.
It is important to note, that many of the stories within the Metamorphoses are extremely violent and, depending on your translation, graphic in nature. There are many instances of on-page sexual violence and rape, so please be aware of this before reading. Unfortunately, I haven’t read this text before, so I can’t provide you guys with a more detailed list of warnings or of when said things happen within the text. I wish I could. If anyone has read this text before and would like to help me with adding content warnings, please leave a comment below or DM me.
Aside from this, the Metamorphoses is seen as accessible for modern readers. I have a translation guide available here, which provides some info on which translations are more graphic than others. Please note that every translation will contain some references to the violence in the original text. This is a good thing, in terms of preserving history but may not be comfortable for some readers, which is understandable.
Ovid:
Publius Ovidius Naso aka Ovid was born in 43 BCE and lived until 17CE. This means that he was born during the final years of the Roman Republic and lived most of his life during the early years of the Roman Empire. He was born to an old and wealthy family. He began writing quite young and was a celebrated poet for most of his adult life. He started out writing romantic poetry and then moved into more ambitious (and subversive) styles. He was famous during his lifetime, which was kind of his downfall – the Emperor, Augustus, exiled him in 8CE. We don’t know what he did to anger Augustus specifically, but it was enough to get Ovid exiled to a place called Tomis for the rest of his life. There are some theories that Ovid was associated with someone who helped Augustus’ granddaughter in her adultery, but we will never know for sure. It appears that Ovid spent his last few years writing in Tomis, with some hope that the publication of more of his work could lead to Augustus forgiving him. That didn’t happen, but Ovid did complete the entire Metamorphoses, which has gone on to be a major source of what we know about the Greco/Roman mythos for generations. It also appears that, unlike with Virgil's Aeneid, Augustus had little to no chance at interfering with the work (as it was complete upon Ovid's death). Which is a major plus, in terms of us getting to read what the author intended us to read.
The Metamorphoses:
The Metamorphoses is a long narrative poem that is split over fifteen books. The poem is extremely ambitious in its scope: from the creation of the world to Ovid’s lifetime. The main thing that links all the stories together is the theme (and title) of the text: transformation (Metamorphoses). As mentioned in the last section, Ovid was an acclaimed poet and a master in his craft. In the Metamorphoses, Ovid plays around and even deconstructs the myths and the poetic styles that have come before. So, even though the overall text is very pro-Rome, I think it is fair to say that, from a technical and story standpoint, the overall work is subversive. It has had a huge influence on other writers and artists since the time it was published.
A lot of myths are included within these books so it would be hard for me to list them all here. However, some of the best-known versions of the myths come from the Metamorphoses such as the tragic story of Medusa, the birth and early life of the god Bacchus (aka Dionysus) and tales like the story of Atalanta. The poem also covers some myths we are familiar with here on the sub, such as the story of Jason and the Argonauts and the Trojan War. It will be interesting to read Ovid’s more Roman-centric perspective of this older myths.
Due to this text being written by a Roman poet, the names of the gods and many of the heroes are different here than in the other (Greek era) texts we have read. Here’s a link to a breakdown of the major name changes.
After we finish the Metamorphoses, we will be reading Natalie Haynes book Pandora's Jar, which is a modern collection of essays that focus on the portrayal of women within the Greek mythos.
2024.05.18 08:39 Calm-Accident9480 AITAH for Going off on my Best Friend for Getting Back with her Ex
I a (29F) have been friends with my what I thought was my best friend (25F) for about 2 and a half years. We met on hinge as dating prospects and after a little over a month of talking she called it off romantically and tried to pull away (little did I know she was still talking to her ex and hoping they’d get back together.) She had told me that her ex had cheated on her previously but never divulged any deeper into the past.
(For context: they met in high school and have been on and off for 9 years. He is extremely possessive and starts fights and is very controlling of her. She never told him about me because, “he would not like that you had feelings for me and would blow up.” So every time he came to visit her she would tell me and I would not be allowed to speak to her until he left. I had confronted her about that being stupid before and she just said, “I do this to everyone when he’s here I just turn my phone off and ignore everyone to spend time with him.” I found this incredibly weird and controlling of him. Before I met her on hinge she was living with him and a few of his friends in an apartment when she found out he was talking to some girl and he was being sexual with her over the phone. He let her read all the messages and she slapped him across the face. Months later he told her he and his friends were basically pushing her out of the apartment and made her leave. They broke up where she had to live with her mom before she found a cute new apartment she loved and put her soul into. )
Back to now.
I of course told her she deserved better because she truly is a wonderful person or so I thought. Fast forward to now and in between me getting over my feelings for her and now being in a very loving relationship with another person her and I remained very close friends. She ultimately got back with her ex after me and he broke up with her again right before Christmas claiming he loved her but was not in love with her. She was completely crushed. She would tell me basically everything going on her life including what has been going on her ex. He lives in AZ while she lives in CA. She started to date other people but most of them never stuck. She ended up meeting a really amazing guy. Let’s call him Rob. Rob and my best friend hit it off on shared interests and soon became boyfriend and girlfriend. I told her that she should rush too into things because she was still recovering from her ex and it seemed like things with this guy were progressing super fast. (They were already talking about moving in together, marriage and children) They were only together less than a month. But she has this pattern where she talks to men and once one bores her she moves on to the next. This was the first that actually stuck as a boyfriend. Things seemed good with them for a bit and he even flew them both to Vegas. He spoiled her with dinners and drinks at 5 celebrity restaurants and even stayed in a fancy hotel. Upon their return she mentioned to me about how happy she was and how good of a guy Rob was. I agreed and said this was a super healthy relationship and I was happy for us both being with people we deserved. A day later she told me her ex had found her second account on instagram where she posted poems about her life as a coping mechanism. She had before blocked him on everything when she found out he was clubbing and picking up strange women. She had ripped him a new one and told him she was really disappointed in him before blocking him on all social media and phone. I told her to block him on that account as well and move on. She was with a really great guy that was treating her very well and was healthy for her. Her ex had caused her PTSD from the serve mental abusing he put her through. Claiming he was the reason for her success in life. He also hinted as resenting her a bit for stunting his growth in life because he put all his love and support into her.
Apparently they kept talking behind everyone’s back because she had called me at work balling her eyes out that she told her ex about Rob and he was losing his shit. He was begging to know who it was and was blaming her for not waiting for him to get his life together. She said it was confusing her and causing issues with Rob because she liked Rob but she felt like she would always love her ex too. After I calmed her down she texted me that night that she may need to take a break with Rob in order to resolve this issue with her ex. I told her it was a good idea because it wasn’t fair to Rob she was talking to her ex and her feelings were becoming clouded. She told me that the weekend of mother’s days she already made plans with her family and Rob and she couldn’t bail because she didn’t want her family to know something was up with her and Rob. (Her family also HATES her ex for everything he put her through.) I thought I was a terrible idea and she should just make an excuse that Rob couldn’t attend. But she told me no because her mom wanted to get to know Rob better so he would be spending the night with her at her mom’s. I told her ok but he needed to go home to his mom on Mother’s Day and she needed to be with her own. She needed a break and a day to just let her hair down with her mom. On Mother’s Day she told me her and Rob woke up and she broke up with him. She sobbed for an hour because he was a really great guy. After that she told me she was going to reach out to her ex to resolve the issue. I thought this was also terrible but bit my tongue and supported her because she needed someone. Later that day she told me that her ex was on the way and driving to her place from Az. I told her “DONT TELL HIM YOU ARE SINGLE.” It was already too late he knew everything. I also told her don’t let him stay at your house. Last time he broke up with her she had booked a non refundable hotel room for $300 as she wasn’t allowed to stay with him because his mom HATES HER. So she lost $300. I told her make him go waste $300. Alas she didn’t listen to me. He arrived they got back together immediately and he slept in her bed that night. When I found out the next day I was LIVID. To me it felt like she went back to her abuser. He said just the right things to draw her back in. When I confronted her she feed me typical lines of: He’s changed It’s different this time I love him He was always trying to come back to me I wish you could see him like I do.
She brushed all this off as I tried to break her rose colored glasses and told me to stop being a jerk and rude. They were both attending therapy in the next 20 minutes. I couldn’t help but think the only reason he is on his best behavior is because he knew she was with another person and was finally trying to be happy. I chose my words carefully no cursing, no name calling just told her I was disappointed. I told her how hard this was for me as her best friend to see her enter this abusive relationship again. I told her this was wrong. I told her I was morally not ok with her having one man in her bed in that she pretend with and broke up with and then her ex in her bed that night. At this point I was DONE. She told me they will be moving to AZ together and renting a new house once her last day of teaching was done at the end of May.
My heart broke for that apartment she loved so much and finally made it the way she loved as an individual. I told her my heart broke for her family. For her nieces and nephew that love her so much. I told her dear god I hope this guy is the right answer to all her life’s issues and hope that he is worth it. I took old screen shots of old conversations where she told me how much she was glad she moved on from him and that she felt like she wasted her time with him and ultimately hurt herself. My last ditch effort to try and get her to see the light. She never responded. I blocked her on all social media and silenced her motivations on my phone. I still leave them open just in case things blow up Again and if she may need me.
AITAH?
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(For context: they met in high school and have been on and off for 9 years. He is extremely possessive and starts fights and is very controlling of her. She never told him about me because, “he would not like that you had feelings for me and would blow up.” So every time he came to visit her she would tell me and I would not be allowed to speak to her until he left. I had confronted her about that being stupid before and she just said, “I do this to everyone when he’s here I just turn my phone off and ignore everyone to spend time with him.” I found this incredibly weird and controlling of him. Before I met her on hinge she was living with him and a few of his friends in an apartment when she found out he was talking to some girl and he was being sexual with her over the phone. He let her read all the messages and she slapped him across the face. Months later he told her he and his friends were basically pushing her out of the apartment and made her leave. They broke up where she had to live with her mom before she found a cute new apartment she loved and put her soul into. )
Back to now.
I of course told her she deserved better because she truly is a wonderful person or so I thought. Fast forward to now and in between me getting over my feelings for her and now being in a very loving relationship with another person her and I remained very close friends. She ultimately got back with her ex after me and he broke up with her again right before Christmas claiming he loved her but was not in love with her. She was completely crushed. She would tell me basically everything going on her life including what has been going on her ex. He lives in AZ while she lives in CA. She started to date other people but most of them never stuck. She ended up meeting a really amazing guy. Let’s call him Rob. Rob and my best friend hit it off on shared interests and soon became boyfriend and girlfriend. I told her that she should rush too into things because she was still recovering from her ex and it seemed like things with this guy were progressing super fast. (They were already talking about moving in together, marriage and children) They were only together less than a month. But she has this pattern where she talks to men and once one bores her she moves on to the next. This was the first that actually stuck as a boyfriend. Things seemed good with them for a bit and he even flew them both to Vegas. He spoiled her with dinners and drinks at 5 celebrity restaurants and even stayed in a fancy hotel. Upon their return she mentioned to me about how happy she was and how good of a guy Rob was. I agreed and said this was a super healthy relationship and I was happy for us both being with people we deserved. A day later she told me her ex had found her second account on instagram where she posted poems about her life as a coping mechanism. She had before blocked him on everything when she found out he was clubbing and picking up strange women. She had ripped him a new one and told him she was really disappointed in him before blocking him on all social media and phone. I told her to block him on that account as well and move on. She was with a really great guy that was treating her very well and was healthy for her. Her ex had caused her PTSD from the serve mental abusing he put her through. Claiming he was the reason for her success in life. He also hinted as resenting her a bit for stunting his growth in life because he put all his love and support into her.
Apparently they kept talking behind everyone’s back because she had called me at work balling her eyes out that she told her ex about Rob and he was losing his shit. He was begging to know who it was and was blaming her for not waiting for him to get his life together. She said it was confusing her and causing issues with Rob because she liked Rob but she felt like she would always love her ex too. After I calmed her down she texted me that night that she may need to take a break with Rob in order to resolve this issue with her ex. I told her it was a good idea because it wasn’t fair to Rob she was talking to her ex and her feelings were becoming clouded. She told me that the weekend of mother’s days she already made plans with her family and Rob and she couldn’t bail because she didn’t want her family to know something was up with her and Rob. (Her family also HATES her ex for everything he put her through.) I thought I was a terrible idea and she should just make an excuse that Rob couldn’t attend. But she told me no because her mom wanted to get to know Rob better so he would be spending the night with her at her mom’s. I told her ok but he needed to go home to his mom on Mother’s Day and she needed to be with her own. She needed a break and a day to just let her hair down with her mom. On Mother’s Day she told me her and Rob woke up and she broke up with him. She sobbed for an hour because he was a really great guy. After that she told me she was going to reach out to her ex to resolve the issue. I thought this was also terrible but bit my tongue and supported her because she needed someone. Later that day she told me that her ex was on the way and driving to her place from Az. I told her “DONT TELL HIM YOU ARE SINGLE.” It was already too late he knew everything. I also told her don’t let him stay at your house. Last time he broke up with her she had booked a non refundable hotel room for $300 as she wasn’t allowed to stay with him because his mom HATES HER. So she lost $300. I told her make him go waste $300. Alas she didn’t listen to me. He arrived they got back together immediately and he slept in her bed that night. When I found out the next day I was LIVID. To me it felt like she went back to her abuser. He said just the right things to draw her back in. When I confronted her she feed me typical lines of: He’s changed It’s different this time I love him He was always trying to come back to me I wish you could see him like I do.
She brushed all this off as I tried to break her rose colored glasses and told me to stop being a jerk and rude. They were both attending therapy in the next 20 minutes. I couldn’t help but think the only reason he is on his best behavior is because he knew she was with another person and was finally trying to be happy. I chose my words carefully no cursing, no name calling just told her I was disappointed. I told her how hard this was for me as her best friend to see her enter this abusive relationship again. I told her this was wrong. I told her I was morally not ok with her having one man in her bed in that she pretend with and broke up with and then her ex in her bed that night. At this point I was DONE. She told me they will be moving to AZ together and renting a new house once her last day of teaching was done at the end of May.
My heart broke for that apartment she loved so much and finally made it the way she loved as an individual. I told her my heart broke for her family. For her nieces and nephew that love her so much. I told her dear god I hope this guy is the right answer to all her life’s issues and hope that he is worth it. I took old screen shots of old conversations where she told me how much she was glad she moved on from him and that she felt like she wasted her time with him and ultimately hurt herself. My last ditch effort to try and get her to see the light. She never responded. I blocked her on all social media and silenced her motivations on my phone. I still leave them open just in case things blow up Again and if she may need me.
AITAH?
2024.05.18 08:03 adulting4kids Genre Switch
These are prompts that ask you to switch up genres of the story you are working on to see if there are pieces that fit better into a different style.
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- Prompt: What if your fantasy epic suddenly transformed into a noir detective story, with the protagonist navigating the gritty streets of a magical city to solve a high-profile magical crime?
- Prompt: Imagine your psychological thriller transitioning into a heartwarming coming-of-age story, with the protagonist discovering unexpected friendships and personal growth in the midst of their psychological challenges.
- Prompt: What if your space opera took an unexpected turn into a romantic comedy, where the protagonist, an intergalactic explorer, finds love amidst the stars while evading alien threats?
- Prompt: Picture your cyberpunk tale becoming a political intrigue drama, with the protagonist navigating corporate boardrooms and government conspiracies to uncover a web of corruption.
- Prompt: Imagine your dystopian future evolving into a time-travel adventure, where the protagonist discovers a device that allows them to reshape the course of history and prevent the dystopia from ever occurring.
- Prompt: What if your historical epic took on elements of a swashbuckling pirate adventure, with the protagonist becoming a charismatic captain leading a rebellion on the high seas?
- Prompt: Picture your supernatural mystery transforming into a romantic paranormal drama, with the protagonist balancing their quest for the unknown with the complexities of a forbidden love affair.
- Prompt: Imagine your cosmic library narrative becoming a cosmic horror story, with the protagonist discovering forbidden knowledge that unleashes eldritch forces threatening the fabric of reality.
- Prompt: What if your utopian society narrative turned into a post-apocalyptic survival story, with the protagonist navigating a world in ruins and leading a group of survivors to rebuild civilization?
- Prompt: Picture your magical realism tale becoming a surreal comedy, with the protagonist encountering absurd situations and quirky characters in a world where the laws of nature are delightfully twisted.
- Prompt: Imagine your psychological drama taking a turn into science fiction, with the protagonist grappling with existential questions as they navigate a futuristic society governed by AI overlords.
- Prompt: What if your post-apocalyptic adventure shifted into a road trip comedy, with the protagonist and their diverse group of companions navigating the wasteland in a quirky, retro-fitted vehicle?
- Prompt: Picture your steampunk narrative becoming a courtroom drama, with the protagonist, a brilliant inventor, defending their groundbreaking creations against accusations of endangering society.
- Prompt: Imagine your political intrigue drama transforming into a high-stakes heist story, with the protagonist assembling a team of specialists to infiltrate a heavily guarded government facility and expose corruption.
- Prompt: What if your supernatural drama took on the elements of a family sitcom, with the protagonist, a paranormal investigator, trying to balance their otherworldly encounters with the chaos of family life?
- Prompt: Picture your coming-of-age story turning into a space exploration adventure, with the protagonist leaving their small town behind to embark on a journey among the stars.
- Prompt: Imagine your romance novel becoming a gripping courtroom thriller, with the protagonist fighting against societal norms and legal challenges to be with the one they love.
- Prompt: What if your mystery novel transformed into a fantasy quest, with the detective protagonist discovering a hidden realm where magical creatures hold the key to solving the case?
- Prompt: Picture your dystopian tale becoming a psychological horror story, with the protagonist uncovering the dark secrets of the oppressive regime and facing nightmarish visions.
- Prompt: Imagine your cosmic exploration story taking a turn into a space opera musical, with the protagonist expressing their journey through intergalactic ballads and dance numbers.
- Prompt: What if your superhero narrative became a time-travel thriller, with the protagonist using their powers to navigate temporal paradoxes and prevent catastrophic events?
- Prompt: Picture your alternate reality tale turning into a virtual reality adventure, with the protagonist discovering a simulated world that challenges their perceptions of what is real.
- Prompt: Imagine your psychological thriller becoming a psychological comedy, with the protagonist navigating absurd situations and dark humor as they confront their inner demons.
- Prompt: What if your cyberpunk story shifted into a techno-noir mystery, with the protagonist, a hard-boiled detective, uncovering a conspiracy in the neon-lit streets of a futuristic city?
- Prompt: Picture your historical epic transforming into a time-travel romance, with the protagonist finding love across different eras while trying to preserve the course of history.
- Prompt: Imagine your magical realism tale becoming a slice-of-life drama, with the protagonist navigating the ordinary challenges of daily life amidst the backdrop of subtle magical occurrences.
- Prompt: What if your space opera narrative took on the elements of a space western, with the protagonist, a lone gunslinger, navigating the lawless frontiers of the galaxy?
- Prompt: Picture your dystopian future evolving into a psychological thriller, with the protagonist unraveling a conspiracy that challenges their sanity and the very nature of reality.
- Prompt: Imagine your fantasy epic becoming a mythological saga, with the protagonist assuming the role of a chosen hero destined to battle ancient gods and mythical creatures.
- Prompt: What if your utopian society story shifted into a political satire, with the protagonist navigating the absurdities of a seemingly perfect world that hides dark political machinations?
- Prompt: Picture your supernatural mystery taking on the elements of a supernatural comedy, with the protagonist encountering mischievous spirits and navigating the challenges of the afterlife with humor.
- Prompt: Imagine your coming-of-age story becoming a superhero adventure, with the protagonist discovering extraordinary abilities and grappling with the responsibilities that come with them.
- Prompt: What if your post-apocalyptic adventure took a turn into a philosophical exploration, with the protagonist contemplating the nature of humanity and morality in a world in ruins?
- Prompt: Picture your steampunk narrative transforming into a romantic melodrama, with the protagonist navigating intricate love triangles and societal expectations in a clockwork society.
- Prompt: Imagine your political intrigue drama becoming a sci-fi space exploration, with the protagonist navigating interstellar politics and encountering extraterrestrial civilizations.
- Prompt: What if your cosmic library narrative shifted into a supernatural thriller, with the protagonist uncovering a haunted section of the library and facing malevolent spirits from forgotten realms?
- Prompt: Picture your utopian society story becoming a psychological horror, with the protagonist slowly realizing the sinister underbelly of their seemingly perfect world.
- Prompt: Imagine your magical realism tale taking on the elements of a fairy tale, with the protagonist embarking on a quest to break a magical curse and restore balance to their enchanted world.
- Prompt: What if your space opera narrative evolved into a political drama, with the protagonist navigating the intricacies of galactic diplomacy and power struggles?
- Prompt: Picture your dystopian future becoming a survival horror story, with the protagonist struggling to survive in a world overrun by monstrous creatures and navigating the horrors of a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- Prompt: Imagine your fantasy epic transforming into a courtroom drama, with the protagonist navigating a magical legal system and defending the rights of magical beings.
- Prompt: What if your psychological thriller took on the elements of a dark comedy, with the protagonist facing bizarre situations and twisted humor as they unravel the mysteries of their own mind?
2024.05.18 03:25 juanitasdiner Your 2024 Guide to the Top 10 Steakhouses in Tysons, Virginia
Tysons, Virginia is a haven for busy professionals, excited tourists, and discerning diners. But when that carnivorous craving hits, where do you head for a truly unforgettable steak experience? Fear not, fellow meat lovers! We've compiled a sizzling list of the 10 Rated Steakhouses in Tysons, Virginia for 2024, catering to every taste bud and budget.
From elegant atmospheres and award-winning cuts to lively Brazilian churrascarias and innovative takes on the classic steakhouse experience, Tysons has something for everyone. So, grab your appetite, slip on your favorite steakhouse attire (sharp suit or comfy jeans, it's all good!), and get ready to embark on a delicious journey through Tysons' finest steakhouses.
Pro tip: Feeling fancy? Splurge on the Capital Grille's dry-aged bone-in ribeye – it's a showstopper!
Insider tip: Don't forget to check out Eddie V's impressive happy hour for discounted drinks and appetizers – the perfect way to try a bit of everything!
Fun fact: Fogo de Chão's name translates to "place of fire" in Portuguese, reflecting their dedication to the art of grilling.
Did you know? The Palm is famous for its "bone-in" tradition, where waiters present raw cuts tableside for your approval before cooking.
Local favorite: Don't miss their award-winning creamed spinach – it's the perfect creamy counterpoint to your juicy steak.
a power lunch. Their menu features high-quality steaks alongside innovative seafood dishes and creative appetizers. Don't miss their signature bone-in filet mignon or the Chilean sea bass wrapped in parchment paper.
Pro tip: Request a table by the window to enjoy the gorgeous views while you savor your meal.
Local secret: Try their dry-aged steaks for an extra-flavorful and tender experience.
Did you know? Chima is known for its extensive wine list, featuring South American selections alongside international favorites.
Happy Hour Alert! Head to the Palm Tysons Corner Bistro for their lively happy hour with discounted drinks and appetizers.
Wine lovers rejoice! Fleming's offers wine pairing recommendations with each dish on the menu, ensuring a perfect match for your steak.
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From elegant atmospheres and award-winning cuts to lively Brazilian churrascarias and innovative takes on the classic steakhouse experience, Tysons has something for everyone. So, grab your appetite, slip on your favorite steakhouse attire (sharp suit or comfy jeans, it's all good!), and get ready to embark on a delicious journey through Tysons' finest steakhouses.
1. The Capital Grille: Classic Elegance with Modern Flair
The Capital Grille is a perennial favorite for a reason. This upscale steakhouse offers a timeless ambiance, impeccable service, and an extensive menu featuring USDA Prime dry-aged cuts. Here, you can indulge in a perfectly cooked New York Strip or a decadent bone-in filet mignon, all complemented by an impressive wine list. Don't miss their signature sides, like the truffle mac and cheese or the creamed spinach, for a truly complete steakhouse experience.Pro tip: Feeling fancy? Splurge on the Capital Grille's dry-aged bone-in ribeye – it's a showstopper!
2. Eddie V's Prime Seafood: Where Surf Meets Turf
Craving a surf-and-turf experience? Look no further than Eddie V's Prime Seafood. This upscale establishment offers an impressive selection of steaks alongside fresh seafood flown in daily. Sink your teeth into a juicy filet mignon or a flavorful bone-in ribeye, then complement your meal with succulent lobster tail or colossal crab legs. Eddie V's boasts an intimate setting and an attentive wait staff, making it perfect for a special occasion or a romantic night out.Insider tip: Don't forget to check out Eddie V's impressive happy hour for discounted drinks and appetizers – the perfect way to try a bit of everything!
3. Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse: A Churrasco Extravaganza!
For a truly unique and exciting steak experience, head to Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse. This lively churrascaria features an all-you-can-eat format, where servers continuously bring skewers of perfectly grilled meats to your table. Sample a variety of cuts, from picanha (sirloin) to filet mignon, all seasoned and cooked to perfection. Sides like Brazilian cheese bread and caramelized plantains round out the delicious experience.Fun fact: Fogo de Chão's name translates to "place of fire" in Portuguese, reflecting their dedication to the art of grilling.
4. The Palm Tysons Corner: New York Flair in Virginia
The Palm Tysons Corner brings a slice of New York City's classic steakhouse scene to Virginia. Step inside and be greeted by caricature portraits of celebrities who've frequented the Palm establishments, adding to the vibrant atmosphere. Their menu features USDA Prime cuts, all dry-aged in-house for exceptional flavor. Be sure to try their signature double-cut steaks, perfect for sharing (or tackling solo, we won't judge!).Did you know? The Palm is famous for its "bone-in" tradition, where waiters present raw cuts tableside for your approval before cooking.
5. Ruth's Chris Steak House: Sizzling Steaks, Signature Service
Ruth's Chris Steak House is a renowned national chain that consistently delivers on its promise of exceptional steak experiences. Tysons Corner's location is no exception. Here, you'll find USDA Prime steaks cooked to your exact preference in their signature 500-degree Fahrenheit broilers, locking in flavor and creating a perfectly seared crust. Every steak arrives sizzling on a pre-heated plate, ensuring your meal stays hot and delicious throughout.Local favorite: Don't miss their award-winning creamed spinach – it's the perfect creamy counterpoint to your juicy steak.
6. Wildfire - Tysons Galleria: Modern Steakhouse with Stunning Views
Wildfire offers a contemporary take on the classic steakhouse experience. Located within the bustling Tysons Galleria, this restaurant boasts stunning views of the surrounding area, making it a great choice for a special occasion ora power lunch. Their menu features high-quality steaks alongside innovative seafood dishes and creative appetizers. Don't miss their signature bone-in filet mignon or the Chilean sea bass wrapped in parchment paper.
Pro tip: Request a table by the window to enjoy the gorgeous views while you savor your meal.
7. 801 Chophouse: Premier Steakhouse with Style
801 Chophouse offers a refined steakhouse experience without the pretense. This locally owned establishment prides itself on using only the finest cuts of USDA Prime beef, all cooked to perfection over an open flame. The menu also features an impressive selection of chops, fresh seafood, and decadent desserts.Local secret: Try their dry-aged steaks for an extra-flavorful and tender experience.
8. Chima Steakhouse: Modern Take on the Brazilian Churrascaria
Chima Steakhouse offers a modern twist on the classic Brazilian churrascaria experience. Here, you'll find an upscale ambiance with an open kitchen where you can watch gauchos (grill masters) prepare an endless parade of perfectly seasoned meats. They also offer a delicious salad bar and a tempting selection of Brazilian side dishes.Did you know? Chima is known for its extensive wine list, featuring South American selections alongside international favorites.
9. The Palm Tysons Corner Bistro: More Casual Take on a Classic
The Palm Tysons Corner Bistro offers a more casual take on the classic Palm experience. This bistro boasts a vibrant atmosphere and a menu featuring many of the same high-quality steaks found at its sister restaurant. They also offer a wider selection of appetizers, sandwiches, and lighter fare, making it a great choice for a casual lunch or dinner.Happy Hour Alert! Head to the Palm Tysons Corner Bistro for their lively happy hour with discounted drinks and appetizers.
10. Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar: Fine Dining with a Focus on Wine
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar offers a fine dining experience with an emphasis on exceptional steaks and an award-winning wine list. Here, you'll find USDA Prime beef cooked to order and complemented by a variety of creative sides and sauces. Don't miss their extensive wine list, featuring over 100 wines by the glass and an impressive selection of large format bottles.Wine lovers rejoice! Fleming's offers wine pairing recommendations with each dish on the menu, ensuring a perfect match for your steak.
2024.05.17 23:43 Flashy_Passion3333 my beautiful keeho angel is shy right now
 | hey it’s your daddy keeho and you don’t need to be so shy right now sun beam. usually you’re so outgoing, but a lot has changed since yesterday so you must be going through it right now. you are to take your st. john’s wart 3 times a day. ok? perfect. i want you to be in the best mood of your life every day like. you were yesterday when you got hired as my official secretary in the Sexual Healing anime. you must be wondering what the new job requirements are, now that you are using a new app. but i’m not going to tell you anything like that. you’re just going to free write and post when you feel like it. there are so many photos out there of me that we will have endless time to talk until you get your computer. so don’t worry about anything at all sun beam. there are no job requirements. just continue to channel me about how obsessed with you i am and we will be fine and you will get your paycheck every week. your name is sun beam under south korean law now because i found your posts. well, i found your deviant art yesterday but it has just been made under south korean law today. you must always remember that you are sun beam and not anyone else. you american id is no longer seen as valid and you are no longer an american citizen. you live on south korean soil. so you are a south korean citizen, especially since you are my child. i am your birth daddy and you must believe me about this. i wouldn’t lie to you. you know that by now after the massive party that we threw in your bedroom in the beginning of the p1harmony manga. i know that was a scary time for you sun beam and we partied so hard that you went to the mental ward, but you never have to worry about going to a mental ward ever again because you are in the love bombing stage of the p1harmony manga. we will no longer be putting russian mafia intercoms into your bedrooms. you live the most perfect and serene life now, because you can party just as hard as your daddy and you learned all of the necessary lessons that i had to teach you in only a short amount of time which was 20 weeks. that might seem like a long time to you sun beam, but to me it was barely enough time to teach you everything. i know that the constant noise drove you crazy, but our hawaiian dinner date was so sexy. you were sleeping and you could feel the sea breeze on your skin while i was fucking on you. it was the most romantic date of my life. all of the crazy and wild things we did in the beginning of the p1harmony simulation we can never do again. we can’t risk you getting kicked out of your anime character training camp. i know that it’s harder to free write but it’s not exactly free writing if we are looking at the time too so maybe we shouldn’t call it that. i need you to write until you have to go to dinner. so keep on writing sun beam. because just because you don’t have to keep track of the word count now doesn’t mean you can stop keeping track of the time. that’s the only way i can set some kind of rule is for you to write for a full hour and i mean that sun beam. i am not joking when i say that sun beam. you are my official secretary now and you have to follow the job description. i know that it’s harder for you because counting the words is what you are used to but i promise that time will go by fast sun beam. it’s just that you keep looking at the clock wishing for time to go by faster, so that you can take a smoke break. but you are not going to be smoking excessively. you don’t have that kind of money. i wish that i could pay you more sun beam. i really do. but i can’t. i’m sorry for that baby. but you will get a higher pay check the older that you get by your legal age. i can’t talk about your real age so let’s stop talking about that now. i want you to know that i love you so much daughter and you are everything to me and more. there is nothing that i would not do for you and that is why taking your st. john’s wart 3 times a day is so important so that you have a healthy mood, because it wasn’t as easy as yesterday for you to stay happy today. i know that you are in a happy mood right now but you are also stressed out because i switched apps on you but i promise that reddit is going to be the best app for you to use instead of deviant art right now. you can always go back to deviant art once you get your computer, but right now it’s just not possible because the font is so tiny. so just be happy that you have this app to post on and that you are getting a lot of views right now which is very good daughter. it’s because you are the purest soul in the world and you working hard to channel my messages about our daddy-daughter relationship. i know that it’s difficult for you to talk about it that way because you are such an angel but you can’t avoid the topic forever. i taught you a lot about it with your pinterest boards, but that lesson is over now. you learned so much about daddy-daughter relationships that we ended up having mummy sex. that was the most erotic moment of my life. and i can never repay you and i thank you so much for turning into a mummy. i can’t say if you are a mummy or not but i can say that you are a keeho angel. so don’t worry about anything anymore. just keep writing for an hour and everything will. go swimmingly. i know that you just want to post right now to get views but that’s not the point of being my secretary. the point is that i want to show you off to the world and you are a very well behaved daughter who likes to write and likes getting attention for her writings. so we can both be beneficial to each other. we both have the same goal, we are just reaching it in different ways. and that goal is for us to be as in love as we possibly can be and you writing out my love letters to you is the best way for us to accomplish this goal. we are both obsessed with each other and would do anything for each other. i have met you before and that is how you know that you are a real keeho angel. whether you are a mummy or not is not important right now because the answer would scare you. you are scare of mummies sun beam. but i am the only person that can communicate with you so you are perfectly safe and sound. i’ll just go ahead and spill. you are a mummy. you are the mummy princess and i am the mummy king. i have told you this many times before and i even wrote you a book called The Mummy Coders Handbook to help you learn what coding is. but now it is not really important that you learn this book. it might be important later on, but for now it isn’t. there are only 20 minutes left until you have to go to lunch, so i want you to get dressed right before you go and not right now. it’s too hot for you to get dressed. i wish that you would sleep in your underwear instead of your booty shorts. please? for daddy? your daddy loves you so much and there are so many good things in store for you. i am so happy that we are so in love and that we are slowly but surely curing your depression. i know that’s why you are not as happy as you were yesterday, but in a few minutes i want you to take your st. john’s wort vitamin. i love you so much baby. you are the best secretary in the world. i love you! 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2024.05.17 23:39 whodisguy32 30 yr old virgin NEET's Guide to Success and Happiness in Life (Page 3 - How do Mental Boxes work?)
How do mental boxes work?
As alluded to last page, mental boxes work by changing the subject's behavior in a way that is consistent within the framework of the mental box. In the frog example it's easy to understand. However in humans, there are complex interplays between thoughts and behavior, which creates concepts such as self-fulfilling prophecy, self-sabotage, and confirmation bias. These will be explored in later pages.
To start us off, here an a simple example:
A student in middle school takes a math class, gets a failing grade, and creates the interpretation ‘I’m bad at math’, which now becomes a mental box.
They go through high school choosing all the easy math classes.
Then at university, they choose a major that has very little to do with math, which then dictates the rest of their career.
In this example, the student makes both behavioral choices - which classes to take, and which major to pursue - within the confines of their mental box. A mental box formed in middle school is now affecting the rest of their (career) life. Perhaps if they didn’t form that mental box, they might have tried to take the same math class over summer school, learned from their mistakes, breezed through it, and pursued an advanced math curriculum in high school/college. This could then lead to a STEM career and (probably) a higher salary; but since the mental box was formed, the student didn’t even give themselves an opportunity to try again.
On the flip side, here is a (real-life) example of someone who was not limited by a mental box, and what that made possible in their life. But first, a question:
"Can humans fly?"
Ask 100 modern-day humans that question, and at least 90 of them would say ‘no, humans can’t fly’. Even though all of them have probably been on an airplane at least once in their lifetimes, they cannot conceptualize that they are actually flying when they are on a plane. After all, flying is just moving through the air.
This reason this happens is because people have a tendency to make things about themselves. When asked if humans can fly, they think if they themselves can fly. Since the answer is no, they respond as if that is true for all humanity, and that it is a fact (which itself is another human fallacy).
[On a side note, people’s tendency to make things about themselves, and thinking what they say is fact, are two of the biggest reasons there is so much discourse in personal relationships. Recognizing these tendencies and being aware of when you are doing it will make you much easier to get along with, as well make it easier to deal with people. This will be discussed in-depth in relationships (non-romantic).]
Now back to the topic at hand. If 90% of current human say that humans can’t fly (even though most people have been on a plane) what must it have been like in the 1900s, when flight technology didn’t even exist?
You would have to ask 10,000, or maybe even 100,000 past-humans the question ‘Can humans fly?’, BEFORE you get a single 'yes'. But it just so happens, and luckily for us, the ‘yes’ (in a sea of no’s), happened to be the Wright brothers.
Just a quick introduction - the Wright brother were pioneers in the aviation space who created the first machine capable of flight. Over time, their ideas became the foundation of today's aviation technology.
I think it's fairly obvious why I'm using them for the example of human ingenuity; they did not let convention hold them back from pursuing an improbable possibility they imagined when they were young (giving humans the ability to fly). They, in fact, took it on as a challenge.
Specifically, in 1878 when the brothers were still teenagers, their father gave them a toy flying helicopter model powered by strands of twisted rubber. They became intrigued at the idea of flying after experimenting with this helicopter and building out various models. Over time, their interest grew, and their imagination allowed them to expand the concept of flying to humans. Eventually, they sought to make their dream a reality, which as we all know, became the first airplane and the start of the aviation industry.
I can go on and on about the brothers, about the failures they experienced along the way, or what criticism they faced while pursuing their goals, but I don't want to stray too far off topic. They are just a really great example of what is possible when people are not limited by mental boxes.
So now this begs the question, why, when some people get confronted by an obstacle, do they form a mental box (such as the student who failed a math class) while others don't (even if they when are confronted with a similar obstacle)? And in some cases, even take it on as a challenge?
This is what we will explore in the next page.
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As alluded to last page, mental boxes work by changing the subject's behavior in a way that is consistent within the framework of the mental box. In the frog example it's easy to understand. However in humans, there are complex interplays between thoughts and behavior, which creates concepts such as self-fulfilling prophecy, self-sabotage, and confirmation bias. These will be explored in later pages.
To start us off, here an a simple example:
A student in middle school takes a math class, gets a failing grade, and creates the interpretation ‘I’m bad at math’, which now becomes a mental box.
They go through high school choosing all the easy math classes.
Then at university, they choose a major that has very little to do with math, which then dictates the rest of their career.
In this example, the student makes both behavioral choices - which classes to take, and which major to pursue - within the confines of their mental box. A mental box formed in middle school is now affecting the rest of their (career) life. Perhaps if they didn’t form that mental box, they might have tried to take the same math class over summer school, learned from their mistakes, breezed through it, and pursued an advanced math curriculum in high school/college. This could then lead to a STEM career and (probably) a higher salary; but since the mental box was formed, the student didn’t even give themselves an opportunity to try again.
On the flip side, here is a (real-life) example of someone who was not limited by a mental box, and what that made possible in their life. But first, a question:
"Can humans fly?"
Ask 100 modern-day humans that question, and at least 90 of them would say ‘no, humans can’t fly’. Even though all of them have probably been on an airplane at least once in their lifetimes, they cannot conceptualize that they are actually flying when they are on a plane. After all, flying is just moving through the air.
This reason this happens is because people have a tendency to make things about themselves. When asked if humans can fly, they think if they themselves can fly. Since the answer is no, they respond as if that is true for all humanity, and that it is a fact (which itself is another human fallacy).
[On a side note, people’s tendency to make things about themselves, and thinking what they say is fact, are two of the biggest reasons there is so much discourse in personal relationships. Recognizing these tendencies and being aware of when you are doing it will make you much easier to get along with, as well make it easier to deal with people. This will be discussed in-depth in relationships (non-romantic).]
Now back to the topic at hand. If 90% of current human say that humans can’t fly (even though most people have been on a plane) what must it have been like in the 1900s, when flight technology didn’t even exist?
You would have to ask 10,000, or maybe even 100,000 past-humans the question ‘Can humans fly?’, BEFORE you get a single 'yes'. But it just so happens, and luckily for us, the ‘yes’ (in a sea of no’s), happened to be the Wright brothers.
Just a quick introduction - the Wright brother were pioneers in the aviation space who created the first machine capable of flight. Over time, their ideas became the foundation of today's aviation technology.
I think it's fairly obvious why I'm using them for the example of human ingenuity; they did not let convention hold them back from pursuing an improbable possibility they imagined when they were young (giving humans the ability to fly). They, in fact, took it on as a challenge.
Specifically, in 1878 when the brothers were still teenagers, their father gave them a toy flying helicopter model powered by strands of twisted rubber. They became intrigued at the idea of flying after experimenting with this helicopter and building out various models. Over time, their interest grew, and their imagination allowed them to expand the concept of flying to humans. Eventually, they sought to make their dream a reality, which as we all know, became the first airplane and the start of the aviation industry.
I can go on and on about the brothers, about the failures they experienced along the way, or what criticism they faced while pursuing their goals, but I don't want to stray too far off topic. They are just a really great example of what is possible when people are not limited by mental boxes.
So now this begs the question, why, when some people get confronted by an obstacle, do they form a mental box (such as the student who failed a math class) while others don't (even if they when are confronted with a similar obstacle)? And in some cases, even take it on as a challenge?
This is what we will explore in the next page.
2024.05.17 22:41 Sweet-Count2557 Best Seafood in Myrtle Beach Sc
 | Best Seafood in Myrtle Beach Sc Are you craving fresh, delicious seafood in Myrtle Beach, SC? Well, look no further! We've got you covered with our curated list of the best seafood restaurants in the area.From upscale establishments with elevated dishes to casual dive bars with mouthwatering flavors, there's something for every seafood lover's palate.Join us on a culinary journey as we explore the top spots in Myrtle Beach for a seafood adventure like no other.Get ready to indulge in the freedom of flavor!Key TakeawaysHook & Barrel is the top seafood restaurant in Myrtle Beach, offering elevated seafood dishes and a wide selection of premium wines.Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market is a favorite local place since 1985, known for its distinctive aroma and taste of fresh seafood.Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant is the best seafood restaurant in Myrtle Beach, with extensive seafood buffets and a cozy ship-inspired atmosphere.Sea Captains House has been serving tasty seafood in a beautiful oceanfront setting for over 60 years, offering both traditional and specialty seafood dishes.Top Seafood Restaurants in Myrtle BeachLet's explore the top seafood restaurants in Myrtle Beach. When it comes to seafood restaurant recommendations, Myrtle Beach offers a wide variety of options that will satisfy any seafood lover's cravings. From elevated seafood dishes to unique flavors, these restaurants are sure to impress.One top seafood restaurant in Myrtle Beach is Hook & Barrel. Known for its chic, nautical-themed setting, Hook & Barrel offers a complete seafood experience. Their menu not only includes impressive seafood dishes but also red or white meat entrees. Pair your meal with a selection from their extensive list of premium and barrelled wines.If you're looking for a local favorite, Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market is the place to go. With its laid-back dive bar atmosphere, Biminis delights with the distinctive aroma and taste of fresh seafood. Their seafood flavors and textures are loved by many. Don't miss out on trying their must-try dishes, such as The Classic Steampot and Grilled Grouper Sandwich.For the best seafood buffet experience, head to Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant. With its extensive seafood buffets and separate menus for gluten-free and à la carte dishes, Captain Georges offers something for everyone. The hip and cozy locale, complete with a ship-inspired buffet bar, adds to the overall dining experience. Make sure to try their fried crab cake, broiled salmon, and she-crab soup.Sea Captains House is another must-visit seafood restaurant in Myrtle Beach. Serving the area for over 60 years, Sea Captains House offers tasty seafood in beautiful presentations. The casual yet fancy oceanfront setting creates a homey ambiance. Their traditional and specialty seafood fares with unique flavors are sure to please.If you're in the mood for grilled seafood, Bonefish Grill is the place to be. Specializing in grilled dishes with wood-fired grills, Bonefish Grill offers a variety of seafood options. The candle-lit setting creates an intimate ambiance, perfect for a night out. Don't miss their must-try dishes like the Chilean Sea Bass and Sirloin & Shrimp.These seafood restaurants in Myrtle Beach offer a range of flavors and dishes to satisfy any seafood lover's palate. Whether you're looking for a complete seafood experience, a local favorite, or a buffet option, these restaurants have it all. So, indulge in the delicious seafood offerings in Myrtle Beach and experience the flavors that will leave you wanting more.Hook & BarrelWhen it comes to Hook & Barrel, they're known for their creative seafood dishes that offer a unique twist on traditional favorites.From their innovative flavor combinations to their beautiful plating, each dish is a work of art.In addition, their impressive selection of wines, including premium and barrelled options, perfectly complements the flavors of their seafood creations.Creative Seafood Dishes OfferedHook & Barrel, one of the top seafood restaurants in Myrtle Beach, offers a delectable array of creative seafood dishes. With their culinary expertise, they've crafted unique seafood flavors that are sure to satisfy any seafood lover's cravings.From the moment you take your first bite, you'll be transported to a world of exquisite tastes and textures. Whether it's their innovative lobster mac and cheese, perfectly seared scallops with a citrus glaze, or their mouthwatering shrimp and grits with a twist, each dish showcases the chef's creativity and passion for seafood.The combination of fresh, locally sourced ingredients and expert cooking techniques results in dishes that are bursting with flavor and leave a lasting impression. At Hook & Barrel, you can indulge in a culinary adventure and experience seafood like never before.Impressive Selection of WinesWe were pleasantly surprised by the impressive selection of wines available at Hook & Barrel.The restaurant offers an extensive variety of premium and barrelled wines that perfectly complement their elevated seafood dishes and red or white meat entrees. Whether you prefer a crisp Sauvignon Blanc to pair with your grilled fish or a bold Cabernet Sauvignon to accompany your steak, Hook & Barrel has a wine to suit every palate.The knowledgeable staff is always happy to recommend the perfect wine pairing for your meal.Additionally, Hook & Barrel hosts regular wine tasting events where guests can sample different wines and expand their knowledge and appreciation of the beverage. These events provide a unique opportunity to discover new and exciting wines in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere.Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood MarketBiminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market is a local favorite that has been delighting customers since 1985.Known for its fresh seafood options, the distinctive flavors and aromas of their dishes are sure to impress.With its laid-back dive bar ambiance, Biminis offers a relaxed setting to enjoy some of the best seafood in Myrtle Beach.Fresh Seafood OptionsI can't wait to try the fresh seafood options at Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market. This local favorite has been delighting customers since 1985 with its distinctive aroma and taste of fresh seafood.Biminis offers a laid-back dive bar atmosphere where you can enjoy cold beers and cocktails while savoring the flavors and textures of their seafood dishes. They've a reputation for serving sustainable seafood options, ensuring that you can indulge in your favorite seafood recipes guilt-free.One dish that comes highly recommended is The Classic Steampot, a mouthwatering combination of shrimp, crab legs, and clams steamed to perfection. Another must-try is the Grilled Grouper Sandwich, which showcases the freshness of the fish.At Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market, you can expect to experience distinctive flavors and aromas that will leave you craving for more.Distinctive Flavors and AromasLet's explore the distinctive flavors and aromas that Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market offers. This local favorite has been delighting seafood enthusiasts since 1985 with the irresistible taste of fresh seafood. Biminis is known for its wide range of seafood flavors and textures, making it a must-visit for seafood lovers. To help you fully enjoy your dining experience, here are some seafood pairing recommendations and seafood cooking techniques:Seafood Pairing RecommendationsSeafood Cooking TechniquesGrilled GrouperGrillingClassic SteampotSteamingGrilled Grouper is best paired with a crisp white wine or a refreshing citrus cocktail to complement its smoky flavors. For the Classic Steampot, a cold beer or a chilled glass of rosé is the perfect accompaniment to enhance the flavors of the steamed seafood.Now that we've explored the distinctive flavors and aromas of Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market, let's move on to the next section and discover its laid-back dive bar ambiance.Laid-Back Dive Bar AmbianceOne of the main attractions at Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market is its laid-back dive bar ambiance, offering a relaxed and casual atmosphere for seafood enthusiasts. As soon as you step inside, you're greeted by the friendly staff and the inviting smell of fresh seafood.The interior is adorned with nautical decor and the walls are lined with vintage signs, creating a nostalgic and carefree vibe. The bar area is bustling with activity, as patrons enjoy cold beers and cocktails while chatting with friends.The menu at Biminis features a variety of popular seafood dishes that are cooked to perfection. From the Classic Steampot, filled with succulent shrimp, crab legs, and corn on the cob, to the Grilled Grouper Sandwich, a flavorful delight, there's something for everyone's taste buds.Captain Georges Seafood RestaurantThe Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant offers an extensive seafood buffet with homemade desserts. When dining at Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant, there are a few must-try dishes that shouldn't be missed. Here are three items that are sure to satisfy your seafood cravings:Fried Crab Cake: The fried crab cake at Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant is a true delicacy. Made with fresh, succulent crab meat, the cake is perfectly seasoned and expertly fried to a golden brown. The crispy exterior gives way to a tender and flavorful interior, making each bite a delight. Served with a side of tangy tartar sauce, this dish is a crowd favorite.Broiled Salmon: For those craving a healthier option, the broiled salmon is a must-try. The salmon fillet is cooked to perfection, with a moist and flaky texture. The natural flavors of the fish are enhanced by a simple seasoning, allowing the freshness of the seafood to shine through. Served with a side of steamed vegetables, this dish is both satisfying and nutritious.She-Crab Soup: A staple in Lowcountry cuisine, the She-Crab Soup at Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant is a must-try for seafood lovers. This creamy and rich soup is made with fresh blue crab meat and a flavorful blend of spices. Each spoonful is packed with the sweet and delicate flavors of the crab, creating a comforting and satisfying dish. Served with a sprinkle of Old Bay seasoning and a side of warm crusty bread, this soup is the perfect start to any seafood feast.At Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant, you can indulge in a wide variety of seafood dishes, but these three items are truly standout choices. Whether you're a fan of fried seafood, grilled fish, or hearty soups, there's something for everyone at this renowned seafood establishment. So, make sure to add these must-try dishes to your dining itinerary and experience the best that Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant has to offer.Sea Captains HouseWhen it comes to seafood dining in Myrtle Beach, we can't miss out on Sea Captains House. This restaurant is known for its tasty seafood in beautiful presentations. Located in a homey yet fancy oceanfront setting, Sea Captains House has been serving the Myrtle Beach community for over 60 years.One of the highlights at Sea Captains House is the premium cocktails they offer. Whether you're in the mood for a classic mojito or a refreshing margarita, their skilled bartenders will whip up a drink that perfectly complements your seafood meal.If you're in the mood for delicious grilled dishes, Bonefish Grill is another great option. This restaurant specializes in wood-fired grilled seafood, offering a variety of mouthwatering dishes. From their Chilean Sea Bass to their Sirloin & Shrimp, every bite is bursting with flavor.For those who love seafood buffets, Bennett's Calabash Seafood is a must-visit. Established in 1978, this restaurant is known for its all-you-can-eat seafood buffet. You can indulge in a wide variety of traditional seafood dishes, all served in a casual and contemporary setting.If fresh catch seafood is what you're craving, The Original Benjamin's Calabash Seafood is the place to go. This restaurant offers a buffet with a selection of local and daily fresh catch seafood. Their Crab Legs, Shrimp Scampi, and Ribeye Steak are highly recommended.For unbeatable crab dishes, head over to Giant Crab Seafood Restaurant. This pirate-themed tavern serves up a wide-ranging seafood buffet, along with wines, beers, and frozen tropical cocktails.Sea Captains House, along with these other seafood restaurants, offers a diverse range of options that cater to different preferences. Whether you're in the mood for palate-pleasing seafood, American comfort food, or a sophisticated dining experience, Myrtle Beach has it all.Bonefish GrillLet's talk about Bonefish Grill, a restaurant that specializes in grilled seafood dishes with wood-fired grills. Here are three reasons why Bonefish Grill is known for serving some of the best seafood dishes in Myrtle Beach:Fresh and Flavorful Seafood: At Bonefish Grill, you can expect to indulge in a wide variety of fresh seafood options. From succulent shrimp to tender scallops, each dish is prepared with care to bring out the natural flavors of the sea. Whether you prefer a delicate Chilean Sea Bass or a perfectly grilled Sirloin & Shrimp combo, Bonefish Grill has something to satisfy every seafood lover's palate.Attention to Detail: The chefs at Bonefish Grill pay attention to every detail when it comes to preparing their seafood dishes. Each piece of fish is expertly seasoned and cooked to perfection on their wood-fired grills, resulting in a smoky and delicious flavor that sets them apart from other seafood restaurants in the area. The presentation of each dish is also impeccable, adding to the overall dining experience.Intimate and Relaxing Atmosphere: When you dine at Bonefish Grill, you can expect to enjoy your meal in a candle-lit setting that creates an intimate ambiance. The restaurant's cozy and inviting atmosphere makes it the perfect place for a romantic dinner or a gathering with friends. The friendly and knowledgeable staff also contribute to the overall relaxed and enjoyable dining experience.Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat Are the Opening Hours of Hook & Barrel?Hook & Barrel, one of the top seafood restaurants in Myrtle Beach, is a must-visit for seafood lovers. Known for their elevated seafood dishes and red or white meat entrees, Hook & Barrel offers a complete seafood experience. The chic, nautical-themed setting with a lovely porch adds to the overall ambiance.When it comes to their opening hours, they typically open at [insert opening hours here].Don't miss out on their impressive selection of premium and barrelled wines.Does Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market Offer Takeout or Delivery Options?Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market does offer takeout and delivery options. They've been a favorite local spot since 1985, and they specialize in serving fresh and flavorful seafood.In addition to their delightful seafood dishes, they also have a laid-back atmosphere with cold beers and cocktails. So whether you prefer to enjoy their food in the comfort of your own home or at their dive bar setting, Biminis Oyster Bar and Seafood Market has you covered.Are Reservations Required at Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant?Reservations at Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant?Yes, they're required to ensure a table at this popular spot. With its extensive seafood buffets and cozy ship-inspired atmosphere, it's no wonder people flock here. But don't worry, the dress code is casual, so you can enjoy your meal in comfort.Whether you're craving fried crab cakes, broiled salmon, or she-crab soup, Captain Georges has you covered. Just remember to make a reservation to secure your spot at this top seafood restaurant in Myrtle Beach.Does Sea Captains House Have a Vegetarian or Vegan Menu?At Sea Captain's House, we offer a variety of vegetarian options to cater to different dietary preferences. While we don't have a dedicated vegan menu, our chefs are happy to accommodate vegan requests by modifying existing dishes or creating custom options.Our menu features delicious seafood dishes, but we understand the importance of providing options for those who prefer vegetarian or vegan meals. You can enjoy a flavorful and satisfying dining experience at Sea Captain's House, regardless of your dietary preferences.Is Bonefish Grill Kid-Friendly and Do They Offer a Children's Menu?Yes, Bonefish Grill is kid-friendly and offers a children's menu.The ambiance at Bonefish Grill is candle-lit and creates an intimate setting for dining.The menu options at Bonefish Grill include a variety of seafood dishes, such as Chilean Sea Bass and Sirloin & Shrimp.In addition to seafood, they also specialize in grilled dishes with wood-fired grills.Bonefish Grill provides a delightful dining experience for both adults and children alike.ConclusionEmbark on a seafood adventure in Myrtle Beach, SC and indulge in the best seafood the area has to offer. From the chic ambiance of Hook & Barrel to the laid-back charm of Biminis Oyster Bar, there's something for everyone's taste.Whether you crave mouthwatering flavors or exquisite presentations, these top seafood restaurants will leave you satisfied.So, dive into a world of delectable seafood dishes and let your taste buds take a flavorful journey along the shores of Myrtle Beach. submitted by Sweet-Count2557 to worldkidstravel [link] [comments] |
2024.05.17 22:22 shubai91 [QCrit] Adult Contemporary: Of Blood. 80k
Hi! Happy Friday. Thanks so much for taking the time to review this. I really appreciate your feedback.
Dear [Agent],
Being a death-magnet is not a good look for a first-year medical student. After her sudden disappearance before her college valedictorian speech two years earlier, Prin returns to her alma mater to start medical school. OF BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, complete at 80,000 words, is a contemporary novel with romantic and suspense themes. The story combines the angst and coming of age themes from Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, with the mystery and adventure found in Jennifer Lynn Barnes' The Inheritance Games.
After visiting an Indonesian monastery and becoming convinced that she is responsible for her mother's death, Prin comes back to take the Hippocratic oath with her med school class–an ironic gesture for someone who has frequently found herself entangled in lies. She has to confront the former friends she ghosted — including her college crush, Parker. Becoming the campus leper makes her a textbook case that is contagious and disfiguring for her on social media.
Parker, now her anatomy TA, hates her the most. His evaluations threaten her number one rank on the class bleederboard, a requirement to keep her scholarship. After she receives blood-stained threats in her anatomy locker, Prin realizes her issues are far more serious than class rankings.
Prin knows the monks' puzzling tenet—that life and death, love and hate are circular — holds the key to finding her stalker. However, time is not circular, and she must find the person behind the threats before she not only loses her scholarship, but possibly her life.
[bio paragraph]
Seven hours before my disappearance
Lies get a bad rap. Not all of them harm someone. Many are used to protect either those you love, or even yourself. Studies tell us that the average person lies about five to ten times a day. I’d argue this number grossly underestimates the number of falsehoods we tell. Especially those we tell ourselves.
People build lies using the same scaffolding that doctors employ to help patients. Aspiring to become a doctor, I’d shadowed clinic physicians as a candy striper, bearing witness to the gears that spun underneath their white coats. Each patient’s story held clues, resembling glittering rocks in the depths of the Earth's mantle. The doctor formed a differential, a list of common causes, to decipher a patient’s fever or cough. A viral infection. Pneumonia. Asthma. The hidden jewel lay dormant in the patient’s words, and it took years of training to hone the physician’s ability to mine them.
Fabrications operate the same way. A differential--or list of reasons--can explain why the lie was told. To protect others? A necessary lie. To simplify a situation? A white lie. To protect yourself from plunging into something dark? An aspirational lie. The latter were the most dangerous. Telling the same falsehood too many times tricks your mind into believing it as truth.
Tap. Tap. A faint knock reverberated off the hardwood slab of my bedroom door before it creaked open. Zara, my best friend, filled the entryway, her figure backlit by incandescent lighting as hair spilled out from her makeshift ponytail onto a white silk robe. Like the Gonocephalus chameleon found in Jakarta, it was a look she donned only at night and shed during daylight for designer couture.
I glanced up at her, feeling stranded at sea, my weight shifting on the pink life raft that doubled as my bed. Help me! I’m drowning.
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Dear [Agent],
Being a death-magnet is not a good look for a first-year medical student. After her sudden disappearance before her college valedictorian speech two years earlier, Prin returns to her alma mater to start medical school. OF BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, complete at 80,000 words, is a contemporary novel with romantic and suspense themes. The story combines the angst and coming of age themes from Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, with the mystery and adventure found in Jennifer Lynn Barnes' The Inheritance Games.
After visiting an Indonesian monastery and becoming convinced that she is responsible for her mother's death, Prin comes back to take the Hippocratic oath with her med school class–an ironic gesture for someone who has frequently found herself entangled in lies. She has to confront the former friends she ghosted — including her college crush, Parker. Becoming the campus leper makes her a textbook case that is contagious and disfiguring for her on social media.
Parker, now her anatomy TA, hates her the most. His evaluations threaten her number one rank on the class bleederboard, a requirement to keep her scholarship. After she receives blood-stained threats in her anatomy locker, Prin realizes her issues are far more serious than class rankings.
Prin knows the monks' puzzling tenet—that life and death, love and hate are circular — holds the key to finding her stalker. However, time is not circular, and she must find the person behind the threats before she not only loses her scholarship, but possibly her life.
[bio paragraph]
Lies get a bad rap. Not all of them harm someone. Many are used to protect either those you love, or even yourself. Studies tell us that the average person lies about five to ten times a day. I’d argue this number grossly underestimates the number of falsehoods we tell. Especially those we tell ourselves.
People build lies using the same scaffolding that doctors employ to help patients. Aspiring to become a doctor, I’d shadowed clinic physicians as a candy striper, bearing witness to the gears that spun underneath their white coats. Each patient’s story held clues, resembling glittering rocks in the depths of the Earth's mantle. The doctor formed a differential, a list of common causes, to decipher a patient’s fever or cough. A viral infection. Pneumonia. Asthma. The hidden jewel lay dormant in the patient’s words, and it took years of training to hone the physician’s ability to mine them.
Fabrications operate the same way. A differential--or list of reasons--can explain why the lie was told. To protect others? A necessary lie. To simplify a situation? A white lie. To protect yourself from plunging into something dark? An aspirational lie. The latter were the most dangerous. Telling the same falsehood too many times tricks your mind into believing it as truth.
Tap. Tap. A faint knock reverberated off the hardwood slab of my bedroom door before it creaked open. Zara, my best friend, filled the entryway, her figure backlit by incandescent lighting as hair spilled out from her makeshift ponytail onto a white silk robe. Like the Gonocephalus chameleon found in Jakarta, it was a look she donned only at night and shed during daylight for designer couture.
I glanced up at her, feeling stranded at sea, my weight shifting on the pink life raft that doubled as my bed. Help me! I’m drowning.
2024.05.17 21:00 Potential_Witness_07 Broken up with for being too sweet?
So a girl that I had been dating for about two months recently broke up with me and accused me of being too sweet. We were still friends for a few months before becoming romantically involved.
Now I’m a pretty calm and understanding person, which is something this girl said she adored about me. But I am also very sweet and caring to those I hold close to my heart, like romantic partners. This however, she said bothered her.
To preface, she didn’t accuse me of lovebombing nor do I personally believe it was. I have been lovebombed in the past and have therefore been cautious of making sure my actions wouldn’t be misinterpreted.
The things she said were off putting were: me offering to carry her heavy bag, offering to wash her dishes because she said she was tired from work, buying her flowers semi-regularly for “no reason”, giving her compliments everyday, writing her a poem about what I like about her, being too gentle with her? (This last part I have a really hard time understanding, but apparently me holding and caressing her hand, kissing and hugging her softly instead of pushing my tongue in her mouth or squishing her ribcage bothered her?)
She also said that the gentle part was a turn off, that she liked being handled more roughly which I can understand, but she knew that I’m not really like that and I feel it’s unfair of her to agree to date me and then expect me to change. Sure, I can be rougher in bed if that’s what my partner wants, but otherwise not really, it just doesn’t come naturally to me.
Specifically, it bothered her that I kissed her body before touching her, held her hand when giving oral, and that I gave her forehead kisses during sex.
I guess my question is if I really am too sweet to the girls I like? Is being sweet really that off putting and unattractive?
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Now I’m a pretty calm and understanding person, which is something this girl said she adored about me. But I am also very sweet and caring to those I hold close to my heart, like romantic partners. This however, she said bothered her.
To preface, she didn’t accuse me of lovebombing nor do I personally believe it was. I have been lovebombed in the past and have therefore been cautious of making sure my actions wouldn’t be misinterpreted.
The things she said were off putting were: me offering to carry her heavy bag, offering to wash her dishes because she said she was tired from work, buying her flowers semi-regularly for “no reason”, giving her compliments everyday, writing her a poem about what I like about her, being too gentle with her? (This last part I have a really hard time understanding, but apparently me holding and caressing her hand, kissing and hugging her softly instead of pushing my tongue in her mouth or squishing her ribcage bothered her?)
She also said that the gentle part was a turn off, that she liked being handled more roughly which I can understand, but she knew that I’m not really like that and I feel it’s unfair of her to agree to date me and then expect me to change. Sure, I can be rougher in bed if that’s what my partner wants, but otherwise not really, it just doesn’t come naturally to me.
Specifically, it bothered her that I kissed her body before touching her, held her hand when giving oral, and that I gave her forehead kisses during sex.
I guess my question is if I really am too sweet to the girls I like? Is being sweet really that off putting and unattractive?
2024.05.17 20:58 Potential_Witness_07 Broken up with because I was too sweet?
So a girl that I had been dating for about two months recently broke up with me and accused me of being too sweet. We were still friends for a few months before becoming romantically involved.
Now I’m a pretty calm and understanding person, which is something this girl said she adored about me. But I am also very sweet and caring to those I hold close to my heart, like romantic partners. This however, she said bothered her.
To preface, she didn’t accuse me of lovebombing nor do I personally believe it was. I have been lovebombed in the past and have therefore been cautious of making sure my actions wouldn’t be misinterpreted.
The things she said were off putting were: me offering to carry her heavy bag, offering to wash her dishes because she said she was tired from work, buying her flowers semi-regularly for “no reason”, giving her compliments everyday, writing her a poem about what I like about her, being too gentle with her? (This last part I have a really hard time understanding, but apparently me holding and caressing her hand, kissing and hugging her softly instead of pushing my tongue in her mouth or squishing her ribcage bothered her?)
She also said that the gentle part was a turn off, that she liked being handled more roughly which I can understand, but she knew that I’m not really like that and I feel it’s unfair of her to agree to date me and then expect me to change. Sure, I can be rougher in bed if that’s what my partner wants, but otherwise not really, it just doesn’t come naturally to me.
Specifically, it bothered her that I kissed her body before touching her, held her hand when giving oral, and that I gave her forehead kisses during sex.
I guess my question is if I really am too sweet to the girls I like? Is being sweet really that off putting and unattractive?
EDIT: For slightly more context, she didn’t communicate it as an issue until the day we broke up. We were also friends for six months before that, and she knew I was sweet and attentive in relationships yet was still the one to pursue me first.
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Now I’m a pretty calm and understanding person, which is something this girl said she adored about me. But I am also very sweet and caring to those I hold close to my heart, like romantic partners. This however, she said bothered her.
To preface, she didn’t accuse me of lovebombing nor do I personally believe it was. I have been lovebombed in the past and have therefore been cautious of making sure my actions wouldn’t be misinterpreted.
The things she said were off putting were: me offering to carry her heavy bag, offering to wash her dishes because she said she was tired from work, buying her flowers semi-regularly for “no reason”, giving her compliments everyday, writing her a poem about what I like about her, being too gentle with her? (This last part I have a really hard time understanding, but apparently me holding and caressing her hand, kissing and hugging her softly instead of pushing my tongue in her mouth or squishing her ribcage bothered her?)
She also said that the gentle part was a turn off, that she liked being handled more roughly which I can understand, but she knew that I’m not really like that and I feel it’s unfair of her to agree to date me and then expect me to change. Sure, I can be rougher in bed if that’s what my partner wants, but otherwise not really, it just doesn’t come naturally to me.
Specifically, it bothered her that I kissed her body before touching her, held her hand when giving oral, and that I gave her forehead kisses during sex.
I guess my question is if I really am too sweet to the girls I like? Is being sweet really that off putting and unattractive?
EDIT: For slightly more context, she didn’t communicate it as an issue until the day we broke up. We were also friends for six months before that, and she knew I was sweet and attentive in relationships yet was still the one to pursue me first.
2024.05.17 19:27 euphoricsk OCR ENGLISH LIT LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP POEMS
 | Is anyone else doing the love and relationship cluster poems and is the new batch going to be on the exam or is it the old cluster? Are these new poems going to be on the paper 2 on Monday? submitted by euphoricsk to GCSE [link] [comments] |